Titanium

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Recently, a new study by researchers from IIT-Kharagpur and the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad decoded the moon’s titanium-rich rocks.

About Titanium

• It is the fourth most abundant metal and the ninth most abundant element in the Earth’s crust.
• It often occurs in ore deposits in the form of chemical compounds with iron or oxygen.
• It is present in meteorites and the sun.
• Ores of Titanium: The two prime commercial minerals are Ilmenite (FeTiO3) and Rutile (TiO2).
• Titanium is obtained by the Kroll process.
  • Kroll process is a method for producing titanium metal in large quantities and high purity using a magnesium reduction process for titanium tetrachloride, developed by William Justin Kroll in the 1940s.

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Properties of Titanium

• It is very corrosion resistant and generally not affected by air, water, acids or bases. 
• It has a low density, good strength, is easily fabricated, and has excellent corrosion resistance. 
• The metal burns in air and is the only element that burns in nitrogen. 

Applications of Titanium

• It is useful in aircraft, spacecraft, ships, and other high-stress applications.
• It also is used in prosthetic devices, because it does not react with fleshy tissue and bone.
• Titanium oxide spectra are used by astronomers to identify cool red dwarf stars.
• It is used as an alloying agent with many metals including aluminium, molybdenum and iron. 

Source: TH