Titanium

= TITANIUM, Ti =


 * Name:** Titanium

**Symbol: ** Ti **Atomic Mass: ** 47.867 amu **Melting Point: ** 1660.0 °C (1933.15 K, 3020.0 °F) **Boiling Point: ** 3287.0 °C (3560.15 K, 5948.6 °F) **Number of Protons/Electrons: ** 22 **Number of Neutrons: ** 26 **Classification: ** [|Transition Metal] **Crystal Structure: ** Hexagonal **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Density @ 293 K: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> 4.54 g/cm3 **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Color: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> silverish **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Date of Discovery: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> 1791 **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Discoverer: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> William Gregor
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Atomic Number: ** 22

**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Name Origin: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> From the Greek word //titanos// (Titans) **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">How it is found: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> It is found in a solid state **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Uses: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> engine cases, turbine blades, rotors, compressor blades, discs, rings, bulkheads, landing gear, hydraulic system parts, wing supports, fasteners, tail assemblies, and in some cases, the aircraft skin, and more! **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Obtained From: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> minerals (ilmenite, rutile) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">**__World Resources__: "**Ilmenite supplies about 92% of the world’s demand for titanium minerals. <span class="goog_qs-tidbit-1">World resources of anatase, ilmenite, and rutile total more than 2 billion tons." Fact from metalprices.com How Titanium got its name

It gets its name from Greek mythology, from the Titans. The Titans were incredibly strong and powerful gods. The Greek word Titan means "first sons on earth".

Source of symbol

Titanium is a transition metal element with a valency of either 2 or 3, and is Paramagneti

Interesting facts:
"It also has the highest strength to weight ratio of all metals. It is as strong as steel but 45% lighter. It is more than twice as heavy as aluminum but at least twice as strong. It’s resistance to most environmental or chemical attacks. Strong, lightweight, heat resistant, rust-proof, corrosion resistant, virtually indestructible, bio-neutral, non-toxic, and colorful when heated, titanium is a universal material." according to metalprices.com

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