{"id":27786,"date":"2026-03-24T11:29:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T05:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=27786"},"modified":"2026-03-24T14:43:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T09:13:49","slug":"titanium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/titanium\/","title":{"rendered":"Titanium"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Titanium Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a new study by researchers from IIT-Kharagpur and the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad decoded the moon&#8217;s titanium-rich rocks.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Titanium<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>fourth most abundant metal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the ninth most abundant element in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/interior-of-the-earth\/\" target=\"_blank\">Earth&#8217;s crust.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It often occurs in ore deposits in the form of <\/span><b>chemical compounds with iron or oxygen.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is present in <\/span><b>meteorites and the sun.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Ores of Titanium:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The two prime commercial minerals are <\/span><b>Ilmenite (FeTiO3) and Rutile<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (TiO2).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Titanium is obtained by the <\/span><b>Kroll process.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kroll process is a <\/span><b>method for producing titanium metal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in large quantities and high purity using a <\/span><b>magnesium reduction process<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for titanium tetrachloride, developed by William<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Justin Kroll in the 1940s.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Properties of Titanium<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is very <\/span><b>corrosion resistant <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and generally not affected by air, water, acids or bases.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a <\/span><b>low density, good strength<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is <\/span><b>easily fabricated<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and has excellent corrosion resistance.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>metal burns in air<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is the <\/span><b>only element that burns in nitrogen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Applications of Titanium<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>useful in aircraft<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, spacecraft, ships, and other high-stress applications.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also is <\/span><b>used in prosthetic devices<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, because it does not react with fleshy tissue and bone.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Titanium oxide spectra are used by <\/span><b>astronomers to identify cool red dwarf stars.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>used as an alloying agent<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with many metals including aluminium, molybdenum and iron.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/ahead-of-chandrayaan-4-iit-and-prl-team-decodes-moons-titanium-rich-rocks\/article70778152.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Titanium is the fourth most abundant metal and the ninth most abundant element in the Earth&#8217;s crust. 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