Timeline of titanium
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| Time period | Development summary |
|---|---|
| 1950s–1960s | In the 1950s and 1960s, the Soviet Union pioneer the use of titanium in military and submarine applications[1] (Alfa class and Mike class)[2] as part of programs related to the Cold War.[3] |
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| Year | Event type | Details | Country/region |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1791 | |||
| 1795 | titanium "Klaproth" | ||
| 1910 | "Pure metallic titanium (99.9%) was first prepared in 1910 by Matthew A. Hunter" | ||
| 1925 | Titanium of very high purity is made in small quantities when Anton Eduard van Arkel and Jan Hendrik de Boer discover the iodide, or crystal bar, process, by reacting with iodine and decomposing the formed vapours over a hot filament to pure metal.[4] | ||
| 1932 | "Titanium metal was not used outside the laboratory until 1932 when William Justin Kroll proved that it can be produced by reducing titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4) with calcium" |
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References
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedRoza2008p9 - ↑ Yanko, Eugene; Omsk VTTV Arms Exhibition and Military Parade JSC (2006). "Submarines: general information". Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ↑ Stainless Steel World (July–August 2001). "VSMPO Stronger Than Ever" (PDF). KCI Publishing B.V. pp. 16–19. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ↑ van Arkel, A. E.; de Boer, J. H. (1925). "Preparation of pure titanium, zirconium, hafnium, and thorium metal". Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie. 148: 345–50. doi:10.1002/zaac.19251480133.
