I don't know. It might be possible to build a part out of titanium dioxide and titanium metal and reduce it to titanium on the spot. I doubt that would make a very strong part, but this is just a thought experiment. The other option would be to use hydrogen to reduce the titanium dioxide. Something along this approach has been suggested and tested for lunar ore extraction. --- Ian Woollard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > The latest issue of Scientific American has an > article on a new method > >of obtaining titanium from ore which -- if it > proves out -- may make this > >vital aerospace material much less expensive. > > > > > Only the ingots though, and even that sounds a bit > borderline right now- > the costs of machining the material isn't likely to > change much; it's a > bit of a pig of a material to work with by all > accounts. > > >Chris W. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > ERPS-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
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