Titanium, the metal of the future
1. Discovery and naming of titanium In 1791, an English clergyman and mineralogical enthusiast, H. W. Gregor, first discovered the titanic-iron mixed oxide black magnetic sand (FeTiO3) from titanore and realized that the mineral might include a new element. In 1795, the German chemist M. H. Klaproth independently obtained Titanium oxide from Hungarian rutile and …