[f. mod.L. TITANI-UM + -IC 1 b.] Of, pertaining to, or derived from titanium; in Chem. applied to compounds in which titanium has its higher valence, as titanic oxide (t. acid), a white tasteless powder, TiO2. In Min., titanic iron-ore = ILMENITE; titanic schorl = RUTILE.

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1826.  Henry, Elem. Chem., II. 701. Method of separating titanic acid from oxide of iron.

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1839.  Ure, Dict. Arts, 692. All volcanic rocks contain a greater or less quantity of titanic iron-ore.

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1842.  Brande, Dict. Sc., etc., s.v. Titanium, The peroxide, or titanic acid, exists nearly pure in titanite, or rutilite.

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1868.  Joynson, Metals, 87. Bessemer metal containing phosphorus may be dephosphorised by employing titanic pig-iron, in repeated doses, to eliminate the phosphorus.

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1894.  Bowker, in Harper’s Mag., Jan., 410. Ilmenite, or titanic iron (FeTi)2O3 … is an ore in which one of the iron molecules of hematite is replaced by the metal titanium.

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