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A compound containing this element is electrolyzed in a solution of molten calcium chloride for purification in the Fray-Farthing-Chen Cambridge process. In 1972, Kenichi Honda and Akira Fujishima discovered that an oxide of this element can catalyze the decomposition of water. The thio sol-gel process produces thin films of this element’s disulfide, which can be used to form the cathode in solid-state lithium batteries. The (*) Petasis reagent is prepared by reacting alkyllithium with the dichloride of a metallocene containing this metal. This metal is extracted from rutile in the Kroll process. (10[1])Both zinc (10[1])and this metal’s dioxide are white pigments commonly added to mineral (10[1])sunscreen (10[1])products. For 10 points, name this corrosion-resistant metal with the chemical symbol Ti ■END■

ANSWER: titanium [or Ti until “Ti” is read; accept titanium dioxide or titanium(IV) oxide or titania; accept titanium disulfide; prompt on titanocene]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Aditya PatnaikOhio State BCarnegie Mellon9010
Yashwanth BajjiMichigan APittsburgh9210
Jacob GoodsonOhio State AOhio State C10310
Ethan NewmanMichigan StateMichigan B10410

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2024 Penn Bowl UNC10/26/2024Y3100%33%33%86.00
2024 Penn Bowl Florida10/26/2024Y2100%0%0%90.00
2024 Penn Bowl Harvard10/26/2024Y4100%0%75%100.00
2024 Penn Bowl UK10/26/2024Y5100%20%0%83.20
2024 Penn Bowl Berkeley11/02/2024Y2100%50%0%60.00
2024 Penn Bowl Mainsite11/02/2024Y3100%0%0%95.67
2024 Penn Bowl CWRU11/02/2024Y4100%0%0%97.25
2024 Penn Bowl Chicago11/02/2024Y8100%25%25%76.38
2024 Penn Bowl Texas11/02/2024Y2100%0%0%92.50