钛元素并不新奇,在160年以前葛利加(Wil-l(?)am Gregor)在英国康威尔的海边,就已经发现了含钛的矿石,以后克罗伯罗斯(Martin Hein-rich Kloproth),这有名的铀的发现者,更进一步地研究这新元素,并且定了它的名字叫Titanium,和一种含钛的矿石叫做钛铁矿(Ilmenite,组成为FeTiO_3)。最先将氧化钛用做白色颜料的是法国化学家路西(Auguste J.Rossi)。他在1908年设法改进用在假牙齿和白色弹子上氧化钛的色质时,无意中泼翻了些预备食用的橄榄油在氧化钛粉上面, The titanium element is not new, and some 160 years ago, Wilhelm Gregor discovered titanium-bearing ores at the seaside in Cornwall, England. Later, Martin Hein-rich Kloproth ), The famous uranium discoverer, went further and studied the new element, setting it up under the name Titanium, and a titaniferous ore called Ilmenite with the composition FeTiO_3. The first to use titanium oxide as a white pigment was the French chemist, Auguste J. Rossi. When he tried to improve the color of titanium oxide used on dentures and white marbles in 1908, he inadvertently spilled some of the olive oil ready for consumption on the titania powder,