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Titanium Facts
The Discovery of Titanium was made by a
Mr William Gregor who was both a clergyman and amateur chemist.
It was in Menachan Valley, Cornwall in
1791, where he discovered a reddish brown powdery sand, that he was unable to
identify. It was four years later when Martin Heinrich Klaproth discovered the
element in Berlin, and named it Titanium because of the mythological Titans,
first sons of the earth.
It was not until 1910 that Titanium was
eventually isolated at 99.9% purity by Matthew Alert Hunter in cooperation with
G.E.C. However, it took until 1946, when William Kroll proved that Titanium
could be commercially produced, by reducing titanium tetrachloride with
magnesium.
It was then Department of Defence gave
grants to finance the start up of the titanium industry, as they realised the
importance of titanium based alloys within the aerospace industry for jets and
engines. Titanium is now used in many other industries such as sporting
equipment, military areas, architecture, medical industries, watch making and
more recently, Jewellery.
Titanium
properties
Titanium is a very strong and durable
material and never corrodes or tarnishes. As well as this it is scratch
resistant and hypoallergenic. Titanium has an amazing strength to light weight
ratio which makes it the choice material for the construction of Formula One
cars.
It is for these reasons, which make
titanium an ideal choice for jewellery.
The titanium used in the manufacture of
the jewellery sold on Quality Titanium is classed as commercial grade titanium
which has 98% to 99% purity.
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