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General Titanium Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: Ti
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 47.88 gm
   Titanium 100.00 %  Ti
            ______ 
            100.00 % 
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Ti
Help on Environment: Environment: Microscopic inclusions in coesite eclogites.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Not Approved IMA
Help on Locality: Locality: Dabieshan, China. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named after the element which is named after the Titans, sons of the Earth goddess.
 

Titanium Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:c = 1:1.58983
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 2.95, c = 4.69, Z = 2; V = 35.35 Den(Calc)= 4.50
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Hexagonal - Dihexagonal Dipyramidal H-M Symbol (6/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: P 63/mmc
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 2.24(1), 1.331(0.3), 2.364(0.3),
 

Physical Properties of Titanium

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: None
Help on Color: Color: Silver gray.
Help on Density: Density: 4.3 - 4.5, Average = 4.4
Help on Diaphaneity: Diaphaneity: Opaque
Help on Habit: Habit: Microscopic Crystals - Crystals visible only with microscopes.
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 4 - Fluorite
Help on Luster: Luster: Metallic
Help on Streak: Streak: black
 

Calculated Properties of Titanium

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density: Bulk Density (Electron Density)=4.14 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Titanium =4.50 gm/cc.
Help on Fermion Index: Fermion Index: Fermion Index = 0.12
Boson Index = 0.88
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric: PETitanium = 17.01 barns/electron
U=PETitanium x rElectron Density= 70.34 barns/cc.
Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Titanium is Not Radioactive
 

Titanium Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 01.00.00.00 (01)Native Elements
  (01.00)Without Dana Classification Numbers
  (01.00.00)Metals
 
01.00.00.00 Antitaenite* gamma-Fe3Ni Unk Cubic
 
01.00.00.00 Goldamalgam* (Au,Ag)Hg I m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
01.00.00.00 IMA2007-036 TiFeSi2 Pbam 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
01.00.00.00 Rhenium* Re P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
01.00.00.00 Tantalum* Ta I m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
01.00.00.00 Titanium* Ti P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
01.00.00.00 Tongxinite* Cu2Zn Unk Cubic
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: 01.AB.05 01 - ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides)
  01.A - Metals and Intermetallic Alloys
  01.AB -Zinc-brass family (Cu-Zn alloys)
 
01.AB.05 Cadmium Cd P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
01.AB.05 Rhenium* Re P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
01.AB.05 Zinc Zn P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
01.AB.05 Titanium* Ti P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 

Other Titanium Information

Help on References: References: NAME( AmMin, Vol 86) PHYS. PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.76,p1435,1991)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Titanium :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery
3 - Athena
4 - GeoScienceWorld
5 - Google Images
6 - Google Scholar
7 - MinDAT
8 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
9 - Online Mineral Museum
10 - QUT Mineral Atlas
11 - Ruff.Info
12 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Dana No: 01.00.00.00 Strunz No: 01.AB.05
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