2006-09-06 09:28:05 · 10 answers · asked by Sakuya K 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Iron is plentiful titananium is not
2006-09-06 09:34:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'll tell you why. Both Titanium and Iron are abundant in earth. Iron exist mostly as Iron(III) Oxide and Titanium exist mostly as Titanium Oxide. These are the ways to extract the metals.
Iron: Haematite (Fe2O3) is put into a blast furnace with limestone and coke with hot air fed into the furnace at the bottom. The temperature inside the furnace reaches about 1600 degree celcius and molten iron is collected.
Titanium: The oxide is heated with carbon and chlorine to produce a covalent liquid, TiCl4. TiCl4 is then heated in a furnace with magnesium, which displaces the less reactive titanium. The last step of extraction is when the problem comes in. Hot titanium absorbs molecules of air which make the metal brittle and useless. So, the whole furnace must be smothered with argon gas until the hot titanium has cooled down. The same procedure must be used when objects are being fabricated out of titanium.
After looking at the two above extraction processes, it is now obvious why titanium is more expensive than iron.
I hope that helps. =)
2006-09-08 13:37:00 · answer #2 · answered by carbon dioxide 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Titanium is less available in nature than Iron
2006-09-06 16:32:05 · answer #3 · answered by Amar Soni 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
titanium because it can with hold more force than iron. iron is more likely to give before the titanium.
2006-09-06 16:38:47 · answer #4 · answered by kitty26505 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I would imagine it's the old supply-and-demand issue. Titanium, I guess, is harder to come by or maybe it's harder to put into a useful form (like golf clubs).
2006-09-06 16:34:58 · answer #5 · answered by BrianR 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's a strong metal.iron is abundant and titanium is not.
2006-09-06 16:30:57 · answer #6 · answered by kajpd1430@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
more complex and expensive to separate Titanium from its ore
2006-09-06 16:57:47 · answer #7 · answered by source_of_love_69 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its much rarer than iron
2006-09-06 16:33:16 · answer #8 · answered by karkondrite 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
yes
2006-09-06 16:33:09 · answer #9 · answered by duckky44 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
less of it lying around
2006-09-06 16:45:00 · answer #10 · answered by shiara_blade 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋