Element - 22 : Titanium (Ti) â Used in aircraft, warplanes, implants.
Basic Information / āĻŽā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ
Atomic Number – 22
Symbol / āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āύ – T
Nature – Metal (Transition Metal) : āϧ⧰āĻŖ – āϧāĻžāϤ⧠(Transition Metal)
Atomic Structure / āĻĒā§°āĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§ āĻāĻ āύ
22 protons, 22 electrons : ⧍⧍āĻāĻž proton āĻ⧰⧠⧍⧍āĻāĻž electron āĻĨāĻžāĻā§
Properties / āĻā§āĻŖāϧ⧰ā§āĻŽ
- Titanium is a transition metal : Titanium āĻāĻāĻž transition metal
- Very strong and lightweight : āĻ āϤā§āϝāύā§āϤ āĻŽāĻāĻŦā§āϤ āĻā§°ā§ āĻĒāĻžāϤāϞ
- Resistant to corrosion (does not rust easily) : āĻāĻ āύāϧ⧰⧠(corrosion resistant)
- Forms strong alloys : āĻŽāĻāĻŦā§āϤ alloy āĻāĻ āύ āĻā§°ā§
Uses / āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§°
- Used in aircraft industry : āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻāĻĻā§āϝā§āĻāϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšā§
- Used in medical implants (bones, joints) : medical implant (āĻšāĻžā§, joint)āϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšā§
- Used in strong metal alloys : āĻŽāĻāĻŦā§āϤ āϧāĻžāϤāĻŦ alloy āϤā§ā§āĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻžāϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšā§
Why is Titanium Important ? / āĻāĻŋā§ āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ ?
- Titanium is strong, light, and corrosion resistant : Titanium āĻŽāĻāĻŦā§āϤ, āĻĒāĻžāϤāϞ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻ āύāϧ⧰ā§
- Used in high-performance applications : āĻāĻā§āĻ-āĻā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻžā§° āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§°āϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšā§
Fun Fact / ā§°āϏāĻžāϞ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ
Titanium is as strong as steel but much lighter : Titanium āϞā§āĻšāĻžā§° āĻĻā§°ā§ āĻŽāĻāĻŦā§āϤ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻĒāĻžāϤāϞ
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Titanium (Ti) – MCQs (PYQ Level)
Q1. What is the atomic number of Titanium ? : Titanium-ā§° atomic number āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?
(a) 21 (b) 22 (c) 23 (d) 24
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) 22
Explanation: Titanium has atomic number 22. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Titanium-ā§° atomic number ⧍⧍āĨ¤
Q2. Titanium belongs to which block ? : Titanium āĻā§āύ block-āϤ āĻ
āύā§āϤāϰā§āĻāϤ ?
(a) s-block (b) p-block (c) d-block (d) f-block
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (c) d-block
Explanation: It is a transition metal. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻ āĻāĻāĻž transition metalāĨ¤
Q3. Titanium is placed in which group ? : Titanium āĻā§āύ group-āϤ āĻāĻā§ ?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (c) 4
Explanation: Titanium belongs to Group 4. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Titanium Group 4-āϤ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
Q4. Electronic configuration of Titanium is ? : Titanium-ā§° electron configuration āĻāĻŋ ?
(a) [Ar]3d²4s² (b) [Ar]3d¹4s² (c) [Ar]3d³4s² (d) [Ar]3dâ°4s²
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (a)
Explanation: Total electrons = 22. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻŽā§āĻ electron ⧍⧍āĨ¤
Q5. Titanium commonly shows which oxidation state ? Titanium āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāϤ⧠āĻā§āύ oxidation state āĻĻā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻžā§ ?
(a) +1 (b) +2 (c) +3 (d) +4
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (d) +4
Explanation: Tiâ´âē is most stable. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Tiâ´âē āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āϏā§āĻĨāĻŋā§°āĨ¤
Q6. Titanium is known for which property ? Titanium āĻāĻŋāĻšā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāύāĻžāĻāĻžāϤ ?
(a) Heavy (b) Soft (c) Strong & light (d) Gas
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (c) Strong & light
Explanation: High strength with low weight. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻŽāĻāĻŦā§āϤ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϤāϞāĨ¤
Q7. Titanium is resistant to ? Titanium āĻāĻŋāĻšā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋā§°ā§āϧ⧠?
(a) Heat (b) Corrosion (c) Light (d) Sound
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) Corrosion
Explanation: Does not rust easily. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āϏāĻšāĻā§ āĻāĻ āύāϧ⧰ā§āĨ¤
Q8. Titanium is mainly used in which field ? Titanium āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝāϤ āĻ’āϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšā§ ?
(a) Agriculture (b) Aerospace (c) Food (d) Textile
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) Aerospace
Explanation: Used in aircraft. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšā§āĨ¤
Q9. Titanium is used in medical implants because it is ? Titanium medical implant-āϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšā§ āĻāĻŋā§ ?
(a) Cheap (b) Heavy (c) Biocompatible (d) Soft
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (c) Biocompatible
Explanation: Safe for human body. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻŽāĻžāύā§āĻšā§° āĻĻā§āĻšā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āύāĻŋā§°āĻžāĻĒāĻĻāĨ¤
Q10. Symbol of Titanium is ? : Titanium-ā§° āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āύ āĻāĻŋ ?
(a) Tm (b) Ti (c) Ta (d) Tb
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) Ti