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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. Better processing available by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nobody uses the Titanium. Servers just use a MD Pteron if they want price-performance. And Onroe is just around the corner. Even cheaper Titaniums aren't worth the bother. Ntel can't drop the product line as a matter of face, but consumers just aren't buying it.

  2. Steel Age by pete-classic · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thank God! I thought the Steel Age was never going to end!

    -Peter

  3. WOO HOO! by GrumblyStuff · · Score: 5, Funny

    Titanium foil hats HERE WE COME!

  4. Re:Great for chainmaillers by Nefarious+Wheel · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yep, I've got a friend who makes maille too, says the same thing (unless you're him, K?). I tried to sell him on the idea of Unobtanium, but he said his customers prefer either Titanium or Expensium. Hardtoobtainium is pretty good too, but suffers from consistency of supply issues.

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