titanium

     

Titanium (pronounce /taɪˈteɪniəm/) is a chemical element with the symbol Ti and atomic number 22. It is a light, strong, lustrous, corrosion-resistant (including to sea water and chlorine) transition metal with a grayish color. Titanium can be alloyed with iron, aluminium, vanadium, molybdenum, among other elements, to produce strong lightweight alloys for aerospace (jet engines, missiles, and spacecraft), military, industrial process (chemicals and petro-chemicals, desalination plants, pulp, and paper), automotive, agri-food, medical prostheses, orthopaedic implants, dental endodontic instruments and files), dental implants), sporting goods, jewelry, and other applications. Titanium was discovered in England by William Gregor in 1791 and named by Martin Heinrich Klaproth for the Titans of Greek mythology.

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  • True Temper distributes golf clubs with shafts of this metal named for mighty Greek gods
  • Symbolized Ti, this strong, lightweight metal is used for making golf clubs, & that's no myth
  • It was named after the elder gods of Greece
  • In 1795 Martin Klaproth named this metal, now used in the aerospace industry, for its strength
  • An oxide of this light metal, discovered in 1791, is used extensively as a white pigment
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Bilbao, Spain.)What "The New York Times" called "the miracle in Bilbao", this building was made possible by computer design & a 1/10th-inch thick skin made of this material used on spacecraft
  • Ti--a tropical plant in the agave family, or the symbol for this element
  • The heavy mineral ilmenite, FeTiO3, is the main source of this lightweight metal, symbol Ti
  • An oxide of this metal, symbol Ti, is used as a white pigment in paints
  • Atomic No. 22, this metal was named for some mythological bigwigs
  • This element, symbol Ti, was first called menachite after the cornish town of its discovery, Manaccan
  • In the 2008 movie, Iron Man's suit is an alloy of gold & this metal
  • (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from NC State University in Raleigh, NC.) Experiments are underway with North Carolina State University's rapid prototyper to create custom surgical bone plates using this strong metal, atomic number 22
  • To withstand the pressure over 14,000 feet down, the submersible Alvin's hull is this metal, about 2 inches thick
  • Used in paint, aircraft parts & golf clubs, it's as strong as steel but nearly half the weight
  • This very hard metal is named for the children of Uranus & Gaea

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