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    Titanium was first discovered in 1791 by William Gregor, an English clergyman and scientist, in Cornish beach sands. It was later identified as an oxide by German chemist M.H. Klaproth, who named it titanium after the Titans of Greek mythology. Pure metallic titanium was first produced in 1906 by M.A. Hunter at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in cooperation with General Electric, though the effort was later abandoned when the metal's melting point was found to be closer to 1,800°C rather than the expected 6,000°C. Titanium is used widely in aircraft, spacecraft, and missiles due to its strength and ability to withstand extreme temperatures.

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    Titanium was first discovered in 1791 by William Gregor, an English clergyman and scientist, in Cornish beach sands. It was later identified as an oxide by German chemist M.H. Klaproth, who named it titanium after the Titans of Greek mythology. Pure metallic titanium was first produced in 1906 by M.A. Hunter at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in cooperation with General Electric, though the effort was later abandoned when the metal's melting point was found to be closer to 1,800°C rather than the expected 6,000°C. Titanium is used widely in aircraft, spacecraft, and missiles due to its strength and ability to withstand extreme temperatures.

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    Titanium was first discovered in 1791 by William Gregor, an English clergyman and scientist, in Cornish beach sands. It was later identified as an oxide by German chemist M.H. Klaproth, who named it titanium after the Titans of Greek mythology. Pure metallic titanium was first produced in 1906 by M.A. Hunter at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in cooperation with General Electric, though the effort was later abandoned when the metal's melting point was found to be closer to 1,800°C rather than the expected 6,000°C. Titanium is used widely in aircraft, spacecraft, and missiles due to its strength and ability to withstand extreme temperatures.

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    Titanium

    By Marilyn Weaver
    Discovery Information
    Titanium ore was first discovered in 1791 in Cornish beach sands by an English clergyman, William Gregor.
    William Gregor was the first person to find it. William Gregor was a scientist & mineralogist. He died on June
    11, 1817. The actual identification of the oxide was made a few years later by a German chemist, M.H.
    Klaproth. Klaproth gave the metal the name titanium, after the Titans, the giants of Greek mythology. Pure
    metallic titanium was first produced in either 1906 or 1910 by M.A. Hunter at Rensselaer Polytechnic
    Institute(Troy, New York, U.S.) in cooperation with the General Electric Company. These researchers believed
    titanium had a melting point of 6,000 °C (10,800 °F) and was therefore a candidate for incandescent-lamp
    filaments, but, when Hunter produced a metal with a melting point closer to 1,800 °C (3,300 °F), the effort was
    abandoned. Titanium is the fourth most abundant structural metal on Earth. Workable mineral deposits are
    dispersed worldwide & include sites in Australia, the United States, Canada, South Africa, Ukraine, Russia,
    Norway, & several other countries.
    Important Uses
    Titanium is used in many things. It is used in paint, rubber, & paper. Its main uses are in aircraft, spacecraft &
    missiles because of its low density & ability to withstand extreme temperatures. Titanium is also used in golf
    clubs, laptops, bicycles & crutches.
    What was the mass#, Symbol, & Atomic#
    The mass # is 47.88. The Atomic # is 22. The Symbol is Ti.
    # of Protons, Neutrons, & Electrons.
    22 is the # of protons & electrons. The # of neutrons is 26.
    A model of titanium From the periodic table

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    Sources
    • http://www.chemicalelements.com/elements/ti.html
    • https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/22/titanium#:~:text=Tita
    nium%20is%20as%20strong%20as,to%20withstand%20extremes%20
    of%20temperature
    .
    • https://www.transceltic.com/cornish/william-gregor-scientist-mineral
    ogist-clergyman-discoverer-of-titanium
    • https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/22/titanium
    • https://www.britannica.com/technology/titanium-processing#ref623
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