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Podcast: Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography, & More
Episode: Titanium
Description: Titanium is the ninth most abundant element in the Earth’s crust. However, titanium is not even remotely close to the ninth most common element in industrial or commercial use. In fact, despite being so abundant, we didn’t even know titanium existed until the late 18th century, and we couldn’t figure out how to actually practically use it until the 1960s. It is a remarkable metal with amazing properties that is still incredibly hard to work with.Learn more about titanium, the amazing yet difficult metal, on this episode of Everyt...