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A Cleaner, Cheaper Route to Titanium

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the better-stronger-faster dept.

Burlap writes "Using technology developed at MIT, 4-person startup Avanti Metal hopes to reduce the cost of producing Titanium from the current $40 per pound to a mere $3. The article discusses how a special combinations of oxides and electrolysis separates the titanium metal from the Earth's abundant titanium oxide ore."

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  1. Re:I'm surprised by cnflctd · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And all they've produces so far is a few grams of metal. They get so excited, they start a company, promise to lower costs by 85%, and put out a begging bowl.

    What a country. Is the MIT part even real?

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