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rutile Min.|ˈruːtɪl| [a. F. rutile or G. rutil (Werner, 1803), f. L. rutilus red.] An ore of titanium (a form of titanium dioxide).
1803in Trans. R. Irish Acad. (1806) X. 14 Rutile is generally of cotemporaneous formation with its associated fossils. 1836Macgillivray Trav. Humboldt xx. 295 The formation..contained cyanite, rutile, and garnets. 1888Rutley Rock-Forming Min. 136 The crystals of rutile met with in rocks are usually of exceedingly small dimensions. 1951Chambers's Jrnl. Sept. 568/2 Both the principal titanium minerals, ilmenite and rutile, are present in the black sands of streams and beaches in many parts of the world. 1965Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 17 Jan. 11 Rutile was also needed as a flux for electric welding rods, armaments, ship building, tanks, etc. 1971Materials & Technol. II. viii. 502 Still more spectacular fire is seen in synthetic rutile (titanium oxide) which can also be made by flame-fusion. attrib.1836Macgillivray Trav. Humboldt xi. 142 Veins of quartz, containing rutile titanite. 1888Rutley Rock-Forming Min. 136 This grouping of rutile crystals may sometimes be found forming intergrowths with specular iron. 1971Jrnl. Oil & Colour Chemists' Assoc. LIV. 849 Film volume measurements..showed a shrinkage of 6 per cent during six weeks of ageing at 25°C in the laboratory, for unpigmented and rutile titanium dioxide pigmented alkyd films. |