Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Titanium :D


Do you know the periodic table? One of the elements on the table is Titanium. It is one of the most brilliant and bright elements. It is quite common to humans however it is the only metal that can burn up completely in air as well as in nitrogen. Titanium is resistant to many other materials. For example chloride solutions, hydrochloric acid, damp chlorine gas and most organic acid. Titanium is part of other bigger things in the solar system like the sun and meteorites. 

Titanium reacts to different materials in different ways. For example it will form into titanium dioxide, TiO2 and titanium nitride, TiN while burning in air forming a remarkable white flame. Or maybe even titanium with acids.HF (Dilute aqueous hydrofluoric acid), with titanium forms [TiF6]3- (anion). Titanium reacts differently to many other elements like water, halogens and many more. I think its time to throw in some fun facts in here. Something about titanium that you did not know is that it is so beautiful and magnificent in fireworks. When you start painting remember that titanium is used in in pain since it covers up different materials really well. Some people might loose a hip or other joints well titanium is used to replace joints.  Lastly which is probably the most interesting to all of you is that titanium is one of the main elements used to make the
Apple Titanium G4 Laptop.


Here is some basic information about Titanium
  • Name: Titanium
  • Symbol: Ti
  • Group in periodic table: 4
  • Group name: (none)
  • Period in periodic table: 4
  • Block in periodic table: d-block
  • Standard state: solid at 298 K
  • CAS Registry ID: 7440-32-6
  • Colour: silvery metallic
  • Classification: Metallic
  • Atomic number: 22
  • Atomic weight: 47.867 (1)

For those of you who are interested in the history behind this beautiful element here it is. The element wasn't originally named Titanium, at first it was called Gregorite. Discovered in 1792 by a British chemist named Reverend William Gregor. However it was named titanium later on when it was refunded by M.H. Klaproth. He decided to name it Titanium because of the titans in Greek myths.








http://www.mccsc.edu/~nrapp/elementquest/students/titanium/interesting.html

http://www.webelements.com/titanium/chemistry.html

http://www.webelements.com/titanium/history.html
http://www.supraalloys.com/history.php 

http://www.webelements.com/titanium/


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