titanium

Titanium


The element titanium is a metal. It is found in stars and there is some in the sun, it has also been found in meteor rocks. It is as strong as metal but 45% lighter. It is also 60% heavier aluminum but twice as strong. Titanium also has excellent corrosion resistance. Titanium is also great in fireworks. Titanium classification is metallic. It does not have a group name. Its color when pure is lustrous white metal when not all pure it’s a silvery metallic. Titanium phase temperature is a solid 298 K; titanium shell structure is two, eight, ten, and two. Titanium symbol is Ti, and its atomic number is 22. Titanium atomic weight is 47.867 and its group number is 4 it is located in the d-block. Titanium also makes up some of the earths crust it is the ninth most abundant element in the earths crust. Titanium was first discovered in 1791 by Reverend William Gregory, a British pastor. The first person to create pure titanium was a man named Matthew A. Hunter. That is a...