Facts and Information
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)
Presentations
ITA
2004_Titanium Engineers, Inc. (PowerPoint Presentation)
Low
Cost Titanium Workshop (PowerPoint Presentation)
Titanium Engineers, Inc - Line Card
TEI Line Card.pdf
Active Affiliations/ Professional Organizations
- ASM International- Material Information Society
- ASME- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- ITA- International Titanium Association
- MTS- Marine Technology Society
- NACE International- The Corrosion Society
- SPE- Society of Petroleum Engineers
