Ceramics titanium dioxide

Metal or graphite encapsulated waste oxides (0 and U) Atomically dispersed waste oxides in a ceramic titanium dioxide matrix (7>8). 

The sol—gel technique has been used mosdy to prepare alumina membranes. Figure 18 shows a cross section of a composite alumina membrane made by sHp coating successive sols with different particle sizes onto a porous ceramic support. SiUca or titanium membranes could also be made by the same principles. Unsupported titanium dioxide membranes with pore sizes of 5 nm or less have been made by the sol—gel process (57). 

Use. Titanium dioxide is mainly used in the production of paints and lacquers (55—60%), plastics (15—20%), and paper ( 15%). Other apphcations include the pigmentation of printing inks, mbber, textiles (qv), leather, synthetic fibers, ceramics, white cement, and cosmetics. 

About 100,000 t of titanium dioxide aimuaHy are used as formulation components in the production of glass (qv), ceramics, electroceramics, catalysts, and in the production of mixed-metal oxide pigments. 

Putile Ceramic Pigments. StmcturaHy, aH mtile pigments are derived from the most stable titanium dioxide stmcture, ie, mtile. The crystal stmcture of mtile is very common for AX2-type compounds such as the oxides of four valent metals, eg, Ti, V, Nb, Mo, W, Mn, Ru, Ge, Sn, Pb, and Te as weH as haHdes of divalent elements, eg, fluorides of Mg, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, and Zn. 

Precipitation of a hydrated titanium oxide by mixing aqueous solutions of titanium chloride with alkaU forms the precipitation seeds, which are used to initiate precipitation in the Mecklenburg (50) variant of the sulfate process for the production of pigmentary titanium dioxide. Hydrolysis of aqueous solutions of titanium chloride is also used for the preparation of high purity (>99.999%) titanium dioxide for electroceramic appHcations (see Ceramics). In addition, hydrated titanium dioxide is used as a pure starting material for the manufacture of other titanium compounds. 

Paint pigments do not change colors on appHcation. Other common colors are violet from cobalt(II) phosphate [18475-47-3] pink from cobalt and magnesium oxides, aureolin yellow from potassiuim cobalt(III) nitrite [13782-01-9], KCo(N02)4, and cerulean blue from cobalt staimate [6546-12-5]. Large quantities of cobalt are used at levels of a few ppm to decolori2e or whiten glass and ceramics. Iron oxide or titanium dioxide often impart a yellow tint to various domestic ware. The cobalt blue tends to neutrali2e the effect of the yellow. 

Baldassari, S., Komarneni, S., Mariani, E. and Villa, C. (2005) Rapid microwave-hydrothermal synthesis of anatase form of titanium dioxide. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 88, 3238—3240. 

Barium titanate is made by sintering a finely powdered mixture of barium carbonate and titanium dioxide in a furnace at 1,350°C. The calcined mass is finely ground and mixed with a binder (plastic). The mixture is subjected to extrusion, pressing or film casting to obtain ceramic bodies of desired shapes. Plastic is burnt off by heating and the shaped body is sintered by firing and then pobshed. 

Titanium dioxide [13463-67-7], Ti02, Mr 79.90, occurs in nature in the modifications rutile, anatase, and brookite. Rutile and anatase are produced industrially in large quantities and are used as pigments and catalysts, and in the production of ceramic and electronic materials. 

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