Stages of production of titanium metal are illustrated here. Raw material for its is ilmenite (left), a black sand like ore which is also the basic material for titanium dioxide pigments, the whitest white pigment made. First stage of the metal is...
Early research work on titanium metal is illustrated here by DuPont scientist. A thimble full of titanium crystals on an electrode was a peak test tube output. DuPont announced the world's first small scale commercial production in 1948. Since...
Titanium metal is ductile and readily workable, as illustrated by these sample sheets, tubes and bars which were fabricated from DuPont metal on normal steel working equipment. Titanium has excellent strength-weight ratio and outstanding corrosion...
Titanium dioxide, the whitest white pigment know, is bagged for shipment from DuPont's pigments plant at New Johnsonville, Tennessee. The plant has capacity of 125 tons of titanium dioxide a day. The pigment is widely used in the manufacture of...
The first commercial production of titanium metal resulted, in large part, from DuPont research. The metal has excellent corrosion resistance and strength-weight ratio. The world's first small scale commercial production of the ductile titanium...
The versatility of titanium tetrachloride, the liquid in the large flask, was exemplified by the exhibit of the many products made from it by the Pigments Department, which was shown to visitors to the dedication of the $30,000,000 addition to the...
At Newport, Delaware, DuPont produces titanium metal in the form of sponge, which look slice silvery gray coke. This photo shows the metal as it comes out of the manufacturing process which involves a reaction of magnesium with titanium...
The versatility of titanium tetrachloride, the liquid in the large flask, was exemplified by the exhibit of the many products made from it by the Pigments Department, which was shown visitors to the dedication of the $30,000,000 addition to the...
Small scale production of titanium metal was first announced by the DuPont Company in 1948. Testing of its properties shows that it can be worked by standard equipment. This rolling mill is turning out a test sheet of titanium.
Image of 'Ti-Pure' titanium dioxide-'The Whitest White from Blackest Black'-the strongest white pigment yet devised. It is derived from coal black ilmenite ore.
Ilmenite, a fine black sand, is transformed into the whitest of white pigments at the Edgemoor, Delaware plant of the Pigments Department of DuPont. Through an intricate chemical process, the pile of ilmenite on the left will be transformed into...
Tensile strength machine in the titanium metals area at DuPont's new Pigments Sales Service Laboratory. Machine tests strength and ductility of metals and alloys at temperatures up to 1800 degrees Fahrenheit. Furnace at right provides heat. The...
A crane size chunk of titanium metal sponge weighing 2,500 pounds reflects growth in DuPont's production of the metal by 1953. World's first small scale commercial production of the metal was announce by DuPont in 1948. Maximum output then was ...
This shows titanium metal sponge, which has been ground, being poured into a furnace for melting and casting into an ingot. Most of the metal DuPont ships is in the form of sponge, like that above.
View of titanium metal ingots. The one on the left has been scraped down to improve appearance. It weighs about 400 pounds. The other appears as it comes from the furnace and weighs about 650 pounds. Both were cast by an induction furnace at the...
Research takes time, as indicated by these stacks of technical reports in a DuPont laboratory. They trace more than seven years of development work on the new titanium metal.
Ilmenite at the DuPont Edgemoor, Delaware pigments plant. From this is manufactured the modern white pigment-titanium dioxide-that is widely used in better grade white paints. The manufacture of titanium metal also starts with ilmenite.
Rutile crystals have their titanium (smaller) and oxygen (larger) atoms packaged tightly together, Result: highest possible hiding power in your paints. Atoms of Anatase crystal are more loosely arranged. Result: lower refractive index, lower...
