Department of Geology - UGA on Instagram: "I guess Ben couldn’t go on the beach trip because he was ill 😢 Ilmenite (FeTiO3) is a major titanium ore, and is mostly used in titanium dioxide pigment (paints, plastics) and titanium metal (aerospace, medical) 🤓☝️ It’s primarily mined from heavy mineral sands in coastal deposits (along with magnetite), since waves have an efficient way of sorting sands by density 🌊 You can even find some Ilmenite yourself by ✨panning✨ at the beach, which does the s

GLOBAL REEL HUB on Instagram: "Engineers can fuse metal without a single flame by using a technology called friction welding, one of the coolest breakthroughs in modern manufacturing. Instead of melting metal with fire, it uses pure mechanical energy. When two metal pieces are pressed together and spun or rubbed at extreme speed, the friction generates intense localized heat. But here’s the twist: the metal never fully melts. It softens just enough for its molecules to bond. That means the joint

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