Titanium suav txog li ntawm 0.6 feem pua ntawm lub ntiaj teb crust thiab yog plaub feem ntau cov qauv hlau tom qab txhuas, hlau, thiab magnesium. Cov minerals tseem ceeb tshaj plaws ntawm titanium yog ilmenite (FeTiO3) thiab rutile (TiO2).
Nyob rau hauv 1791, tus xibhwb Gregor, ib tug amateur mineralogist, thawj speculated tias ib tug tshiab tsis paub hais tias muaj nyob rau hauv lub dub magnetite (ilmenite) nyob rau hauv Cornwall (UK). Nyob rau hauv 1795, German chemist Klaproth soj ntsuam rutile los ntawm Hungary thiab nrhiav tau ib tug oxide ntawm ib tug tsis paub hais tias. uas yog raws li Gregor tsab ntawv ceeb toom. Klaproth hu ua lub caij no titanium raws li lub npe ntawm Titans, ib tug ancient Protoss uas ib zaug kav lub ntiaj teb no nyob rau hauv Greek mythology.
Txhawm rau cais cov hlau titanium los ntawm titanium ore, ntau qhov kev sim tau ua nrog titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4) ua ib kauj ruam nruab nrab. Vim muaj cov tshuaj tiv thaiv muaj zog ntawm titanium thiab oxygen thiab nitrogen, qhov kev xyaum tau ua pov thawj tias nws nyuaj rau tsim cov titanium high-purity ductility. Qhov kev xyaum ua thaum ntxov tau pom tias qhov txo qis ntawm titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4) nrog Na lossis Mg tuaj yeem tsim cov khoom me me ntawm cov hlau titanium. Nws tsis yog txog rau xyoo pua 20th (1937-1940) uas Kroll tau tsim cov txheej txheem tsim khoom titanium zoo nkauj hauv Luxembourg. Cov txheej txheem no siv magnesium los txo cov titanium tetrachloride nyob rau hauv ib qho chaw inert. Cov titanium tau txais yog hu ua "sponge titanium" vim nws qhov ntxeem tau thiab daim txhuam cev. Cov txheej txheem nto moo Kroll tseem yog cov txheej txheem tsim cov titanium tseem ceeb.
Nws yog ib qho tsim nyog sau cia tias kev tsim khoom ntawm titanium tetrachloride muaj nyob ua ntej kev tsim cov hlau titanium vim tias titanium tetrachloride yog cov khoom siv raw rau kev tsim cov purity titanium dioxide rau coatings. Txog tam sim no, tsuas yog 5 feem pua ntawm titanium tetrachloride tseem siv los tsim titanium hlau.
Yog xav paub ntxiv txog titanium keeb kwm 3, thov mus saib hauv tsab xov xwm tshuaj xyuas "keeb kwm ntawm titanium" los ntawm Bomberger, froes, thiab Morton.
