Titanium

Transition Metal

Atomic Number: 22 • Atomic Mass: 47.8670 u • Period: 4 • Group: 4

Electron Configuration: 1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁶ 4s² 3d²

Phase: Solid

Electronegativity: 1.54

History

Titanium has been known since ancient times

Discovered in Cornwall, England in the mineral menachanite

Independently rediscovered by Martin Heinrich Klaproth in 1795

Pure titanium metal wasn't isolated until 1910 by Matthew A. Hunter