Search for crossword answers and clues
The main sources are rutile and ilmenite
Answer for the clue "The main sources are rutile and ilmenite ", 8 letters:
titanium
Alternative clues for the word titanium
Word definitions for titanium in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Titanium \Ti*ta"ni*um\, n. [NL., fr. L. Titani or Titanes, Gr. ?, the sons of the earth.] (Chem.) An elementary substance found combined in the minerals manaccanite, rutile, sphene, etc., and isolated as an infusible iron-gray amorphous powder, having a ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite [syn: Ti , atomic number 22 ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Titanium is a chemical element. Titanium may also refer to:
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN dioxide ▪ The mixture is coagulated and titanium dioxide is added to adjust the weight. ▪ Nor is there any likelihood of competition being diminished, except in the case of one minor product, titanium dioxide . EXAMPLES ...
Usage examples of titanium.
She muttered to herself about titanium twits and agoraphobic asses as she prepared to leave the tug.
Then the liquid reactor coolant sprayed and flooded the compartment as the number-two reactor vessel flew off its foundation and careened to the aft bulkhead, where it punctured the titanium wall.
The upper right canine was pure titanium and for Eigenvalue the focal point of the set.
Modern stainless steels may also contain nickel, manganese, niobium, tungsten and titanium, none of which the Grantvillers will be producing any time soon.
It also mentions tin, cadmium, lead, bismuth, cobalt, titanium, vanadium, boron, sodium and zirconium as special purpose additives.
To make this, dissolve 1 gram of titanium oxide by fusing for some time with an excess of bisulphate of potash and dissolve out with cold water and sulphuric acid.
Through the wooden lattice, beyond the water tanks and satellite dishes and kids playing rooftop cricket, I could see the ramparts of the Red Fort, the minarets and domes of the Jami Masjid and beyond them, the glittering glass and titanium spires of New Delhi.
There is a strip of titanium within the righthand overleaf of the menu.
There is a strip of titanium within the right-hand overleaf of the menu.
Made out of what was essentially layers of carbon fiber and super glue with scandium barrel liners and titanium springs and firing pins, they shot some kind of boron-epoxy round.
One of the plasma streams hit a deuterium tank, searing its way through the foam insulation and titanium shell.
Thus gold, diamonds, platinum, titanium, tantalite, copper, iron ore, uranium and 52 other metals and minerals, many of them of absolutely vital strategic value to United States, passed into the hands of the Committee of 300.
Great gleaming metal ribs stretched from its titanium nosecap to the more intricate cagework of the tail fins.
The filtrate contains the titanium, which is recovered by evaporating and igniting.
Grabbing Clay around the middle, Hatch hoisted him onto a titanium anchor bolt, then onto the old wooden cribwork that braced the sides of the Pit.