Essays Tagged: "Titanium dioxide"

History Of Titanium

HISTORY OF TITANIUMWilliam Gregor in England, 1971, first discovered titanium in an impure form.It was later gi ... , in Greek mythology, the sons of the Earth Goddesses) by a German chemist, Martin Kloproth.WHAT IS TITANIUM?Titanium has an atomic number of 22, meaning it has 22 protons, 22 neutrons and 22 electron ... on element, which means that in a given electron ring; it does not have a complete set of electrons.Titanium is amazingly the ninth most abundant element in the Earth's crust and makes up a massive 0. ...

(1 pages) 41 1 4.2 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Titanium the Metal of tomorrow

Klaproth, a German chemist, separated TiO2 from the mineral rutile. Klaproth named the new element titanium after the giants of Greek mythology. However, it was not until 1910 that M.A. Hunter, an Am ... reek mythology. However, it was not until 1910 that M.A. Hunter, an American chemist, produced pure titanium.Titanium is a hard, silvery-gray metallic element. Its atomic number is 22 and its symbol i ...

(2 pages) 42 1 4.4 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Rutile (Chem)

iO6 octahedra that form columns by sharing edges, resulting in Co-ordination numbers of 6 and 3 for titanium and oxygen, respectively. Adjacent columns are connected by sharing corners of octahedra. T ... columns are connected by sharing corners of octahedra. The oxide ions have three nearest-neighbour titanium ions in a planar configuration, one at a slightly greater distance than the other two.The u ...

(3 pages) 1497 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Bauxite In Weipa, Queensland Question: Perform research on an ore located in Queensland. Describe the processes involved in extracting and smelting.

the clay mineral kaolinite (Al2Si2O5(OH)4) as well as small amounts of Anatase which are a form of titanium dioxide. The largest Bauxite location in Australia is in Weipa, Queensland and is considere ...

(8 pages) 15 0 0.0 Jun/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry