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General properties

Name, symbol titanium, Ti

Pronunciation /taɪˈteɪniəm/

ty-TAY-nee-əm

Appearance silvery grey-white

metallic

Titanium in the periodic table

-↑Ti↓Zr

scandium ← titanium → vanadium

Atomic number 22

Standard atomicweight

47.867(1)

Element category transition metal

Group, block group 4, d-block

Period period 4

Electronconfiguration

[Ar] 3d2 4s2

per shell 2, 8, 10, 2

Physical properties

Phase solid

Melting point 1941 K (1668 °C,

3034 °F)

Boiling point 3560 K (3287 °C,

5949 °F)

Density (near r.t.) 4.506 g·cm−3

(at 0 °C, 101.325 kPa)

Liquid density at m.p.: 4.11 g·cm−3

Heat of fusion 14.15 kJ·mol−1

Heat ofvaporization

425 kJ·mol−1

Molar heatcapacity

25.060 J·mol−1·K−1

Vapor pressure

P (Pa) 1 10 100 1 k 10 k 100 k

Titanium, 22Ti

TitaniumFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Titanium is a chemical element with symbol Ti andatomic number 22. It is a lustrous transition metalwith a silver color, low density and high strength. Itis highly resistant to corrosion in sea water, aquaregia and chlorine.

Titanium was discovered in Cornwall, Great Britain,by William Gregor in 1791 and named by MartinHeinrich Klaproth for the Titans of Greek mythology.The element occurs within a number of mineraldeposits, principally rutile and ilmenite, which arewidely distributed in the Earth's crust andlithosphere, and it is found in almost all living

things, rocks, water bodies, and soils.[2] The metalis extracted from its principal mineral ores via the

Kroll process[3] or the Hunter process. Its mostcommon compound, titanium dioxide, is a popularphotocatalyst and is used in the manufacture of

white pigments.[4] Other compounds includetitanium tetrachloride (TiCl4), a component of smokescreens and catalysts; and titanium trichloride(TiCl3), which is used as a catalyst in the production

of polypropylene.[2]

Titanium can be alloyed with iron, aluminium,vanadium, and molybdenum, among otherelements, to produce strong, lightweight alloys foraerospace (jet engines, missiles, and spacecraft),military, industrial process (chemicals and petro-chemicals, desalination plants, pulp, and paper),automotive, agri-food, medical prostheses,orthopedic implants, dental and endodonticinstruments and files, dental implants, sportinggoods, jewelry, mobile phones, and other

applications.[2]

The two most useful properties of the metal arecorrosion resistance and the highest strength-

to-density ratio of any metallic element.[5] In itsunalloyed condition, titanium is as strong as some

steels, but less dense.[6] There are two allotropic

forms[7] and five naturally occurring isotopes of this

element, 46Ti through 50Ti, with 48Ti being the most

abundant (73.8%).[8] Although they have the samenumber of valence electrons and are in the samegroup in the periodic table, titanium and zirconiumdiffer in many chemical and physical properties.

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