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/
No comments:
Post a Comment