TITANIUM

HISTORY

• Titanium was discovered in 1791
• Discovered by William Gregor
• The name is derived from the Titans
• In Military Aircraft, it was known as the "Metal of Choice"
• Found in Menachan Valley.

INFORMATION

• Density:4.50 g/cm
• Atomic weight: 47.90/mol
• Atomic volume:10.64cm/mol
• Solid
• Low density, high strength

ELEMENT

• Metal
• Symbol: Ti
• Atomic number: 22
• Found in rutile in beach sand
• Atomic weight: 47.88

APPEARENCE

• Solid
• Metal silver color
• Classified as a transitional metal
• Rocky
• Bumpy

USED FOR..

• Used in cars
• Sporting goods
• Engineering
• Inside the human body
• Hip, knee and dental implants.

FUN FACTS

• 60% heavier than aluminum, but twice as strong
• Only element that burns in Nitrogen
• Found in space and earth
• Mined in Australia and South Africa
• Occurs in the ash of coal plants

PROPERTIES

• Metal
• Flammable when exposed to heat or flame
• Thermal conductivity
• Solid
• Reacts with steam from dioxide. Chemical group 4 (TVB).