From: hrubin@stat.purdue.edu   
      
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   Thomas Schoene  wrote:   
   >Paul F. Dietz wrote:   
   >> Cray74@gmail.com 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.   
      
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