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Neutronium hulls are much stronger and lighter.
"Thomas Schoene" wrote in message ink.net... Paul F. Dietz wrote: wrote: Titanium was relatively rare and expensive. Titanium the element is not rare. Common white paint pigment is titanium dioxide. But titanium the metal was fairly rare, and unfortunately concentrated in other places (the Soviet Union, South Africa, etc.) where it was not easy for the United States to get it at a reasonable price. -- Tom Schoene Replace "invalid" with "net" to e-mail "Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right, when wrong to be put right." - Senator Carl Schurz, 1872 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.805 / Virus Database: 547 - Release Date: 12/3/2004 |
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Thomas Schoene wrote:
But titanium the metal was fairly rare, and unfortunately concentrated in other places (the Soviet Union, South Africa, etc.) where it was not easy for the United States to get it at a reasonable price. Huh? Titanium the metal is common wherever you want to make it. It doesn't occur at all in nature. What may have been short was *refining capacity* in the US, but that's obviously not an insurmountable obstacle. Paul |
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In article . net,
Thomas Schoene wrote: Paul F. Dietz wrote: wrote: Titanium was relatively rare and expensive. Titanium the element is not rare. Common white paint pigment is titanium dioxide. But titanium the metal was fairly rare, and unfortunately concentrated in other places (the Soviet Union, South Africa, etc.) where it was not easy for the United States to get it at a reasonable price. I do not know if there are easier ores. The reason for the name "titanium" is that it holds on to its bonds with "titanic" strength. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Department of Statistics, Purdue University Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558 |
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On 2004-12-07 02:46:40 -1000, "Rodney Kelp" said:
Neutronium hulls are much stronger and lighter. LOL! Heck, if we're in that ballpark, let's just place the order for the General Products #3 Hull and be done with it! Aloha mai Nai`a! -- "Please have your Internet License http://kapu.net/~mjwise/ and Usenet Registration handy..." |
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Paul F. Dietz wrote:
wrote: Titanium was relatively rare and expensive. Titanium the element is not rare. Common white paint pigment is titanium dioxide. I was referring to the metal, which is relatively rare and expensive due to limitations in refining the ore. There's some promising advances in metallic titanium production, but those are 3 decades too late to help the shuttles. Mike Miller, Materials Engineer |
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Paul F. Dietz wrote: What may have been short was *refining capacity* in the US, but that's obviously not an insurmountable obstacle. And because the refining capacity isn't an insurmountable obstacle, all passenger airliners, automobiles, and US space shuttles are made mostly of titanium. Mike Miller, Materials Engineer |
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Paul F. Dietz wrote: How idiotic. Do you have a solution that makes titanium refining no longer an insurmountable obstacle to producing large amounts of titanium, or were you just being glib? Mike Miller, Materials Engineer |
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"Paul F. Dietz" wrote in message ... wrote: What may have been short was *refining capacity* in the US, but that's obviously not an insurmountable obstacle. And because the refining capacity isn't an insurmountable obstacle, all passenger airliners, automobiles, and US space shuttles are made mostly of titanium. How idiotic. Paul I assume you mean that the statement is idiotic because it is untrue. Certainly automobiles are not made mostly of titanium and the Space Shuttle contains more aluminum than titanium. Not sure of the per cent composition of airliners, but I doubt it. Mike Walsh |
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