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Titanium   /taɪtˈeɪniəm/   Listen
Titanium

noun
1.
A light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite.  Synonyms: atomic number 22, Ti.



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"Titanium" Quotes from Famous Books



... in conformity with their polarity, and this in its turn again weakens the mass by the tendency of the crystals to cleavage in certain directions. Carbon is a constant element in steel, as it is in cast iron, but is frequently replaced by chromium, titanium, etc., or is said to be, though it is not quite clear to me how it can be so if steel is a chemical compound. However this may be, we know that a piece of good soft steel breaks with a fine crystalline fracture, and the same piece hardened when broken shows either ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 • Various



Words linked to "Titanium" :   rutile, ti, titanium dioxide, atomic number 22, ilmenite, metallic element, metal, aeroplane, airplane, plane



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