Titanium is a high strength metal whose primary engineering benefit is its light weight. This is why titanium alloys are often employed in aircraft or aerospace applications. Titanium metal is usually refined from sponge ore, primary mined in the former Soviet Union. The United States has very limited sponge ore deposits, and our primary method of producing titanium is extraction from sand, typically taken from the Great Lakes region. Think about that for a minute.
Abundance leads to mediocrity.
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