titanium

Summary

titanium is a chemical element^[1]. titanium draws 2,475 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #30 of 144).^[2]

Key Facts

• titanium is credited with the discovery of William Gregor^[3].
• titanium is credited with the discovery of Martin Heinrich Klaproth^[4].
• titanium is credited with the discovery of Friedrich Wöhler^[5].
• titanium is credited with the discovery of Matthew A. Hunter^[6].
• titanium's instance of is recorded as chemical element^[7].
• titanium's instance of is recorded as simple substance^[8].
• titanium's instance of is recorded as lithophile^[9].
• titan is named after titanium^[10].
• titanium is made of rutile^[11].
• titanium is made of ilmenite^[12].
• titanium is made of anatase^[13].
• titanium is made of brookite^[14].
• titanium is made of perovskite^[15].
• titanium is made of titanite^[16].
• titanium is made of akaogiite^[17].
• titanium's element symbol is recorded as Ti^[18].
• titanium's chemical formula is recorded as Ti^[19].
• titanium is a type of transition metal^[20].
• titanium is a type of light metal^[21].
• titanium is part of period 4^[22].
• titanium is part of group 4^[23].
• titanium's Commons category is recorded as Titanium^[24].
• titanium's Unicode character is recorded as 鈦^[25].
• titanium's crystal system is recorded as hexagonal crystal system^[26].
• titanium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1791^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chemical element^[7], simple substance^[8], and lithophile^[9]. Recorded subclass of include transition metal^[20] and light metal^[21].

Origins

titan is named after titanium^[10].

Use and Application

Part of include period 4^[22], a period^[28] and group 4^[23], a group^[29].

Influence

Things named for titanium include titanite^[30], a mineral species^[31]; carmeltazite^[32], a mineral species^[33]; tistarite^[34], a mineral species^[35]; altisite^[36], a mineral species^[37]; cafetite^[38], a mineral species^[39]; bafertisite^[40], a mineral species^[41]; batisite^[42], a mineral species^[43]; and titanowodginite^[44], a mineral species^[45].

Why It Matters

titanium draws 2,475 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #30 of 144).^[2] titanium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[46] titanium is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[47]

Entities named for titanium include titanite^[30], a mineral species^[31]; carmeltazite^[32], a mineral species^[33]; tistarite^[34], a mineral species^[35]; altisite^[36], a mineral species^[37]; cafetite^[38], a mineral species^[39]; and bafertisite^[40], a mineral species^[41].