Definitions for rutiles

rutiles ru·tile

Spelling: [roo-teel, -tahyl]
IPA: /ˈru til, -taɪl/

Rutiles is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 239 anagrams from letters in rutiles (eilrstu).

Definitions for rutiles

noun

  1. a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.

Origin of rutiles

1795-1805; French German Rutil Latin rutilus red1

Examples for rutiles

The principal titanium minerals are rutile (titanium oxide) and ilmenite (iron titanate).

There is no distinct cleavage (rutile and anatase have cleavages); hardness 5-6; sp.

Biotite, if present, is brown; epidote is yellow or colourless; rutile, apatite and quartz all occur with some frequency.

Minute crystals of brookite have been detected with anatase and rutile in the iron-ore of Cleveland in Yorkshire.

Brookite occurs only as crystals, never in compact masses, and is usually associated with either anatase or rutile.

Titanic acid occurs in nature crystallized in anatase, arkansite, brookite, and rutile.

Its most common ore is rutile (TiO2), which resembles silica in many respects.

rutile is much lighter, 4·2, and the streak light-brown; tourmaline is only 3·2.

rutile and ilmenite both have high specific gravity and are little affected by weathering.

Word Value for rutiles
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6

Words with friends

8

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