TITANIUM - TITANION
A DUCTILE SILVERY- WHITE
RADIATION RESISTANT METAL
WITH LONG LASTING, PAINT PIGMENT OCSIDES
DENSITY
         @  20°C  =  4.517 gcc


HARDNESS
IN DURONS   =  7,111 dur
MELTING POINT
TEMPERATURE   =  1660°C


BOILING  POINT
TEMPERATURE   =  3287°C
TITANION IS A DANGERIOUS METAL TO USE
BECAUSE IT DOES NOT ALLOY EASILY WITH OTHER METALS
& IT BECOMES VERY BRITTLE, IN EXTREMELY COLD AIR & WATER.
MANY AIRPLANE WING FRACTURES
AND LARGE PASSENGER SHIP BREAK UPS
HAVE OCCURRED IN TITANION ALLOY RIBBED
OR OUTER SURFACE METAL PLATE SKINNED VESSELS.
THE TITANIC
HAD ONLY 23% TITANION, IN THE STEEL ALLOYS OF ITS MAIN RIBS
AND THEY  BEGAN TO CRACK AS THE SHIP NEARED AN ICEBERG,
BECAUSE THE METAL BECOMES EXTREMELY BRITTLE
IN TEMPERATURES BELOW -29°C  = -20°F
SALT WATER DESALINIZERS
MANY SALT WATER DESALINIZERS THAT CONTAIN,
TITANION ALLOYS, RECENTLY BEGAN TO FRACTURE,
WHEREVER THEIR TITANION RODS,
HAD BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE OTHER ELEMENTS
FOR MORE THAN 4 YEARS.
THE INDUSTRIAL USES OF TITANION
IT HAS VERY SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS
THAT ALLOW IT TO BE USED IN NUCLEAR REACTORS
IN ROLLED SECTIONS, IN HIGH TEMPERATURE LOCATIONS,
WHEN IT IS ALLOYED WITH THE HEAT RESISTANT METAL PALADION
TITANION OCSIDES
ARE USED TO MAKE PIGMENTS FOR VERY WHITE HOUSE PAINTS
& ARE ALSO USED IN GLASS LIDS FOR PYREX GLASS OVENWARE
TITANION BORIDES
IS USED IN THE FILLERS IN ACRYLIC TOOTH FILLINGS & COATINGS
IN EPOCSI TOOTH BONDING ENAMEL COATINGS, ARTIFICIAL BONES
AND ARTIFICIAL HEART VALVE SECTIONS
TITANION CLORIDE
IS USED IN MID-LOW TEMPERATURE CONTROLS
FOR USE WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS BETWEEN 28°C & -12°C
TECHNICAL DATA
IT MUST BE UNDERSTOOD,THAT TITANION
IS A HARD, BRITTLE, FRIABLE METAL
THAT TENDS TO RELEASE,ITS COVALENT BONDS
WITH OTHER METALS,THAT ARE NOT AS HARD, AS IT IS,
THIS IS WHY IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED,THAT IT BE CHROME PLATED.
WHEN THE PROPORTION OF TITANION TO COBALT
IS ABOVE 1:3 TITANION - COBALTON ALLOYS TEND TO FRACTURE.
WHEN THE PROPORTION OF TITANION TO ALUMON
WAS GREATER THAN 2 :1 TITANION-ALUMON ALLOY
WING STRUTS HAVE EXPLODED UNDER STRESS.
ALL PARTS IN SPACE STATIONS THAT HAD GREATER THAN 21%
TITANION HAVE BEGUN TO FRACTURE AFTER 12 YEARS USE.
WE RECOMMEND LIMITED USE OF TITANION IN ANY STRUCTURE
THAT HAS TO ENDURE EXTREME CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE OR,
ENDURE EXTENDED PERIODS OF EXTREME COLD
OR IN COOKING EQUIPMENT THAT HAS TO ENDURE
CYCLES OF COLD LIQUID IMMERSIONS.
SOURCES
TEXAS, USA HAS DEPOSITS OF TITANION ORES.
SMALL DEPOSITS EXIST IN CENTRAL AFRICA, AUSTRALIA
EAST TIMOR, THE BENGAL AND BYLORUSSIA.
COSTS
TITANION COSTS ABOUT $270 A KILOGRAM OR $123 A POUND

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