Krissy spills the beans on titanium ....


Titanium: it's everywhere. The 9th most abundant element in the earth's crust!Here's why there's very few products with REAL titanium... it's expensive to remove the oxygen from titanium ore. Reducing these costs (significantly) would increase manufacturing.

Titanium is an exceedingly multifaceted material because not only does it typically resist chemical change, it's strong yet very Light weight.  ***** example **** it's light weight compared to other metals-- why the base frame of my  iPhone consists of titanium alloy, despite the increase $$$$$.

A study released in Nature Communications this month shows researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science, and The University of Tokyo have developed a procedure that reduces the costs of producing titanium that is almost entirely free of oxygen! 

IT MIGHT HELP TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY!

"Industry mass-produces iron and aluminum —but not titanium metal, because of the expense of removing the oxygen from the ore," explains Toru H. Okabe, lead author of the study. "We use an innovative technology based on  that removes oxygen from titanium to 0.02% on a per-mass basis."

Molten titanium reacts with a yttrium metal and a yttrium trifluoride or a similar type substance. 

It works! BUT..... Cue Sad Trombone

Low cost solid, de-oxygenized  titanium contains yttrium, up to 1% by mass___Yttrium CAN "INFLUENCE" THE MECHANICAL AND CHEmICAL PROPERTIES OF TITANIUM ALLOY. 

The research continues to work on this contamination problem, and offering straightforward applications to future endeavors. 





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