Facts and Information about Titanium
Titanium has a low density . Its light weight and strength are unique properties applied to its many uses from seamless pipe and tubing to machined oilfield parts.
Facts
- The density of Titanium is approximately 56% the density of most steel/nickel alloys.
- Titanium is the ninth most abundant element in the earth’s crust, and the fourth most abundant metallic element.
- Titanium was discovered in 1790 when Reverend William Gregor, an amateur geologist, identified the element in black sand on the Cornish beaches of England.
- In 1910, American chemist M.A. Hunter succeeded in extracting titanium metal from rutile ore, which marked the birth of the titanium industry.
- In the 1930’s, Dr. Wilhelm Kroll invented the first viable, large-scale
industrial method for reducing titanium. Today the Kroll process,
as it became known, is the most widely used method of winning titanium
from
the ore.
Titanium Facts Handbook
ITA (International Titanium
Association) Titanium Facts (PDF
format)
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