Titanium

Discovered independently by William Gregor and Martin Klaproth in 1795, titanium (named for the mythological Greek Titans) was first isolated in 1910. Gregor, a Cornish vicar and amateur chemist isolated an impure oxide from ilmenite (FeTiO₃) by treatment with HCl and H₂SO₄ .Titanium is the second most abundant transition metal on Earth (6320 ppm) and plays a vital role as a material of construction because of its:

• Excellent Corrosion Resistance
• High Heat Transfer Efficiency
• Superior Strength-To-Weight Ratio

For example, when it's alloyed with 6% aluminum and 4% vanadium, titanium has half the weight of steel and up to four times the strength.