Elements / 22
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Titanium
Transition metal · d-block · ring N · spoke 4
Titanium is element 22, a transition metal. It sits on ring N (period 4) on spoke 4. Follow that spoke toward the center and out again to find its chemical relatives.
Properties
| Density | 4.51 g/cm³ | Terrain → |
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| Melting point | 1,941 K · 1,668 °C | Terrain → |
| Boiling point | 3,560 K · 3,287 °C | Terrain → |
| Electronegativity | 1.54 | Terrain → |
| First ionization energy | 659 kJ/mol | Terrain → |
| Atomic weight | 47.8671 u | Terrain → |
| Crustal abundance | 5,650 ppm9th most abundant in Earth's crust of 92 | Terrain → |
| Discovered | 1791 | Terrain → |
Values from open reference data; see sources. "Terrain" opens that property as a 3D landscape across the whole spiral.
Two things you might not know
- In 1791 the Reverend William Gregor found it in black magnetic sand from a Cornish stream and named it after his parish.
- Named after the sons of the Earth goddess in Greek myth; its white oxide pigment is used in paint, toothpaste and sunscreen.
Checked against chemicool.com.
Spoke 4
Ring N (period 4)
Play with Titanium
Watch it fly into its seat, or raise the whole spiral into a landscape and see where it peaks.