Titanium dioxide | Description & Uses

22 Jul.,2024

 

Titanium dioxide | Description & Uses

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titanium dioxide, (TiO2), a white, opaque, naturally occurring mineral existing in a number of crystalline forms, the most important of which are rutile and anatase. These naturally occurring oxide forms can be mined and serve as a source for commercial titanium. Titanium dioxide is odourless and absorbent. Its most important function in powder form is as a widely used pigment for lending whiteness and opacity.

Titanium dioxide has been used as a bleaching and opacifying agent in porcelain enamels, giving them brightness, hardness, and acid resistance. In modern times it is used in cosmetics, such as in skin care products and sunscreen lotions, with claims that titanium dioxide protects the skin from ultraviolet radiation because of its property to absorb ultraviolet light.

The photocatalytic activity of titanium dioxide results in thin coatings exhibiting self-cleaning and disinfecting properties under exposure to ultraviolet radiation. Alloys are characterized by being lightweight and having very high tensile strength (even at high temperatures), high corrosion resistance, and an ability to withstand extreme temperatures and thus are used principally in aircraft, pipes for power plants, armour plating, naval ships, spacecraft, and missiles.

Because of its unique properties, titanium dioxide is widely used and is well known in nanoscience and nanotechnology. Titanium dioxide was one of the first materials to be used in nanotechnology products. However, the potential toxicity of titanium dioxide nanoparticles is a controversial subject. Many cosmetic companies use titanium dioxide nanoparticles. Because of its bright whiteness, it is used in products such as paints, coatings, papers, inks, toothpaste, face powder, and food colouring.

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Even though it is one of the most-produced chemicals, the real and potential benefits of titanium dioxide are not without controversies. Dust inhalation may cause breathing problems. Titanium dioxide has been classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer as an Group 2B carcinogen, a &#;possible carcinogen to humans,&#; based on studies of rats that inhaled the substance.

Titanium Dioxide Solutions & Pigments for Plastics

Titanium Dioxide Solutions for Plastics

Titanium Dioxide Pigments Providing Optimal Performance and Yielding Outstanding Results

These titanium dioxide (TiO&#;) grades are among the most widely used pigments in the plastics industry. There's a suitable TiO&#; grade for every application, depending on resin type, processing conditions, and finished performance requirements.

Titanium Dioxide for Plastics

TiO&#; is a multifaceted material when used in polymer applications. It has been long established as the leading white pigment, and this is the application that people are most familiar with. However, titanium dioxide brings more to the polymer industry than just white, bright opacity. In a more basic sense, titanium dioxide is a photo-responsive material&#;its value is in its interaction with light. For example, this interaction can be the familiar scattering that results in opacity or it could be the absorption of UV light energy, thereby protecting the polymer from UV degradation. Applications continue to develop, all based on the interaction of the titanium dioxide particle with light.

As other applications for titanium dioxide have developed, its pigmentary properties remain the most important. Titanium dioxide is the most important white pigment used in the polymer industry. It is widely used, because it efficiently scatters visible light, thereby imparting whiteness, brightness, and opacity when incorporated into a plastic product. It is chemically inert, insoluble in polymers, and heat stable under the harshest of processing conditions. Titanium dioxide is commercially available in two crystal forms&#;anatase and rutile. The rutile pigments are preferred over anatase pigments, because they scatter light more efficiently, are more stable, and are less likely to catalyze photodegradation.

Few, if any, commercial grades of titanium dioxide are pure TiO&#;. Most have inorganic and, in some cases, organic treatments deposited on the surfaces of the TiO&#; particles by precipitation, mechanical blending, or via other routes. These surface treatments provide improvements in one or more performance properties of the pigment, such as ease of dispersion, weatherability, or discoloration resistance. A single prescription for surface treatment does not produce a pigment having maximum value-in-use for all plastics applications, and it is a continuing research goal to develop titanium dioxide grades to meet the changing needs of the plastics industry.

The Ti-Pure&#; Advantage

Quality Assurance in Product Manufacture

Chemours is committed to maintaining a leadership position in product quality and uniformity. Ti-Pure&#; titanium dioxide pigments are routinely tested for properties that are appropriate for the intended application of the product. The results of the quality testing are collected and reported using SAP tools. The testing can include color, tinting strength, undertone, pH, resistance, screen-pack testing, acid solubility, nujol yellowing, and low shear dispersion.

Product Stewardship

Chemours defines Product Stewardship as: &#;An integrated business process for identifying, managing, and reducing safety, health, and environmental risk throughout all stages of a product&#;s life in the best interest of our four stakeholders: customers, employees, shareholders, and society.&#;

Chemours places high value on Product Stewardship as a vehicle to differentiate our products and services. We firmly believe that proactive product management results in improved product performance and is responsible business management that positively affects our stakeholders.

The objectives of our Product Stewardship program are to use our understanding of our products to protect our customers, employees, the community, and the public; to anticipate and respond to societal expectations and requirements; and to minimize resource and energy consumption (the environmental &#;footprint&#; of our products).

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