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Titanium and it’s Uses<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn”]Titanium is as strong as steel but much less dense. It is therefore important as an alloying agent with many metals including aluminum, molybdenum and iron. These alloys are mainly used in aircraft, spacecraft and missiles because of their low density and ability to withstand extremes of temperature. They are also used in golf clubs, laptops, bicycles and crutches.<\/p>\n

Power plant condensers use titanium pipes because of their resistance to corrosion. Because titanium has excellent resistance to corrosion in seawater, it is used in desalination plants and to protect the hulls of ships, submarines and other structures exposed to seawater.<\/p>\n

Titanium metal connects well with bone, so it has found surgical applications such as in joint replacements (especially hip joints) and tooth implants.<\/p>\n

The largest use of titanium is in the form of titanium(IV) oxide. It is extensively used as a pigment in house paint, artists\u2019 paint, plastics, enamels and paper. It is a bright white pigment with excellent covering power. It is also a good reflector of infrared radiation and so is used in solar observatories where heat causes poor visibility.<\/p>\n

Titanium(IV) oxide is used in sunscreens because it prevents UV light from reaching the skin. Nanoparticles of titanium(IV) oxide appear invisible when applied to the skin.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” content_placement=”middle” gap=”30″ equal_height=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1626298429948{margin-bottom: 40px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;}”][vc_column css_animation=”fadeIn” width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”34194″ alignment=”center” el_class=”rounded-photos” css=”.vc_custom_1642010607882{margin-top: 10px !important;}”][\/vc_column][vc_column css_animation=”fadeIn” width=”1\/2″ css_animation_delay=”0.3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1642008039067{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”]\n

History of Titanium<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Titanium was discovered by British pastor William Gregor in 1791. The oxide was independently rediscovered in 1795 by\u00a0<\/span>Prussian\u00a0chemist\u00a0<\/span>Martin Heinrich Klaproth\u00a0in rutile from Boinik (the German name of Bajm\u00f3cska), a village in Hungary (now Bojni\u010dky in Slovakia). Klaproth found that it contained a new element and named it for the\u00a0Titans\u00a0of\u00a0Greek mythology.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pure metallic titanium (99.9%) was first prepared in 1910 by Matthew A. Hunter by heating TiCl with sodium at 700\u2013800 \u00b0C under great pressure in a batch process known as the Hunter process. Titanium metal was not used outside the laboratory until 1932 when William Justin Kroll produced it by reducing titanium tetrachloride (TiCl) with calcium. Eight years later he refined this process with magnesium and with sodium in what became known as the Kroll process. Although research continues to seek cheaper and more efficient processes, the Kroll process is still used for commercial production.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” equal_height=”yes” remove_bottom_col_margin=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1626297781340{background-color: #f5f5f5 !important;}”][vc_column css_animation=”fadeInLeft” width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1642010739438{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”]\n

What is Titanium?<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text font_family=”Montserrat” css=”.vc_custom_1642013025609{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}”]Titanium is a\u00a0chemical element\u00a0with the symbol Ti and atomic number\u00a022. Its atomic weight is 47.867 measured in\u00a0daltons. It is a lustrous transition metal with a silver colour, low density, and high strength, resistant to corrosion.<\/p>\n

It is hard to find titanium as a pure element. However; titanium is found in parts of minerals as compounds in Earth\u2019s crust. Titanium ranks the seventh most abundant metal and the ninth most abundant element in the Earth\u2019s crust. Rutile and ilmenite are the minerals that are considered the best source of titanium. Canada, Australia, and South Africa are the top producing countries. Titanium dioxide is the most common compound of titanium.\u00a0[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column css_animation=”fadeInRight” width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1608162166366{padding-top: 40px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”34197″ alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1642010713368{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row remove_bottom_col_margin=”true”][vc_column][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” css=”.vc_custom_1642013096656{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}”]\n

Titanium Metal Applications<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column css_animation=”fadeInLeft” width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text color=”#77bd43″ css=”.vc_custom_1642013283785{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}”]\n

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