Titanium Mineral Data

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General Titanium Information

Chemical Formula:

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 47.88 gm

Titanium 100.00 % Ti

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100.00 %

Empirical Formula:

Environment:

Microscopic inclusions in coesite eclogites.

IMA Status:

Not Approved IMA

Locality:

Dabieshan, China. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named after the element which is named after the Titans, sons of the Earth goddess.

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Titanium Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:1.58983

Cell Dimensions:

a = 2.95, c = 4.69, Z = 2; V = 35.35 Den(Calc)= 4.50

Crystal System:

Hexagonal - Dihexagonal DipyramidalH-M Symbol (6/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: P 6₃/mmc

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By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.24(1), 1.331(0.3), 2.364(0.3),

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Wyckoff R W G , Crystal Structures , 1 (1963) p.7-83, Second edition. Interscience Publishers, New York, New York, Hexagonal closest packed, hcp, structure

Physical Properties of Titanium

Cleavage:

None

Color:

Silver gray.

Density:

4.3 - 4.5, Average = 4.4

Diaphaneity:

Opaque

Habit:

Microscopic Crystals - Crystals visible only with microscopes.

Hardness:

4 - Fluorite

Luster:

Metallic

Streak:

black

Calculated Properties of Titanium

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=4.14 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Titanium =4.50 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.12
Boson Index = 0.88

Photoelectric:

PE_Titanium= 17.01 barns/electron
U=PE_Titanium x rElectron Density= 70.34 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Titanium is Not Radioactive

Titanium Classification

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

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

References:

NAME( AmMin, Vol 86) PHYS. PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.76,p1435,1991)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Titanium :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery
3 - Athena
4 - Google Images
5 - Google Scholar
6 - MinDAT
7 - MinMax(Deutsch)
8 - MinMax(English)
9 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
10 - QUT Mineral Atlas
11 - Ruff.Info
12 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Titanium

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