The Weekly Debrief: Pentagon Mulls Restarting U.S. Titanium Sponge Plants

Titanium sponge
Credit: Defense Logistics Agency
Making high-purity titanium for aerospace and defense applications is expensive, complicated and hot. First, the titanium-oxide ore must be turned into a gas by heating it to 1,800F, allowing the oxygen atoms to be replaced by chlorine. Once the titanium-tetrachlorine gas is cooled to a liquid state...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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