# Titanium Burns in Nitrogen

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [November 22, 2002, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanium-burns-in-nitrogen/138202 "2002-11-22T18:32:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanium-burns-in-nitrogen/138202/1 "2002-11-22T18:32:39Z")

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Oxygen is almost always required for fire, but there is at  
least one exception: Titanium will burn in nitrogen.  
Here are a couple of urls where you can read about it.  
[http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele022.html](http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele022.html)

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