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Titanium is the metal that is extracted from rutile. Rutile is a mineral composed primarily of titanium dioxide and is one of the primary sources of titanium metal production.
Titanium is considered nonrenewable because it is a metal extracted from ores in the earth's crust. The process of extracting and refining titanium ore is energy-intensive and not sustainable on human timescales.
Yes, titanium is mined from mineral deposits around the world. It is primarily extracted through the process of mining and then refined to produce pure titanium metal for various industrial applications.
Ring pulls on aluminum drink cans are made from aluminum. Titanium in both the ring pull and the can exists only as an impurity and is too minute to be extracted.
Magnesium metal is extracted from dolomite, which is a mineral composed of calcium magnesium carbonate. The process typically involves thermal reduction of dolomite to produce magnesium metal and calcium oxide.