Titanium dioxide spectrum

Figure 3. Scanning electron photomicrographs of U.S.P. grade titanium dioxide (Spectrum Chemical Company), obtained at 505x (upper photo) and 3000x (lower photo).

Pure pigments and dyes can be identified from their IR spectrum. Some reference spectra are given in the Hummel and Scholl collection [9]. Other than simple white pigments or solvent soluble types, identification of pigments in finished products is particularly difficult. Raman spectroscopy can aid the positive identification of pigments such as titanium dioxide. 

Table 7 shows the calculated weight percent of calcium carbonate and titanium dioxide in the white-colored paint sample. These levels are based on the calcium and titanium levels shown in Table 6. Calcium carbonate was evident by the FTIR spectrum acquired from the dried paint sample, shown in Figure 13. (Flad it been available, Raman spectroscopy, which gives ready access to the low wavenumber region, could have been used to confirm the presence (and polymorphic form) of titanium dioxide [4].) Given the white color of the paint, it is likely that the titanium present was present as titanium dioxide, and this was assumed in the calculations. The calculated weight percentage of calcium carbonate in the dried paint is 21.7 wt%, and 12.6 wt% in the paint containing the solvents. The titanium dioxide levels were calculated to be 30.6 and 17.7 wt% in the dried and solvent-containing paint sample, respectively.

The sunblocks zinc oxide, titanium dioxide, and iron oxide are inorganic chemicals that are not absorbed into the skin. These substances consist of opaque particles that reflect both visible and ultraviolet light. In addition, zinc oxide blocks virtually the entire UVA and UVB spectrum and thus offers overall protection. The particulate nature of these sunblocks enhances their effectiveness at reflecting sunlight. The smaller the particle size, the greater the surface area available for reflection, and the more effective the sun protection offered by the formulation. 

Spin trapping by PBN has also been employed to detect radical formation in a photo-Kolbe reaction in which acetic acid is irradiated (A > 360 nm) in the presence of platinized titanium dioxide powder (Kraeutler et al, 1978). The nitroxide observed was considered to be (PBN—Me ), but the published spectrum clearly shows the presence of a second species spectral overlap might therefore be an alternative to solvent polarity as an explanation of the discrepancy between the observed splitting parameters and those previously reported for this species. Where poor resolution obtains, it is important that... 

The transmittance spectrum of a titania nanotube-film (transparent) on glass is shown in Fig. 5.33. The optical behavior of the Ti02 nanotube-arrays is quite similar to that reported for mesostructured titanium dioxide [133], The difference in the envelope-magnitude encompassing the interference fringe maxima and minima is relatively small compared to that observed in titania films deposited by rf sputtering, e-beam and sol-gel methods [134],... 

It should be noted that all above-mentioned results have been obtained using polycrystalline titanium dioxide (anatase, rutile) [49, 51] on the whole, the same regularities are observed during the control experiments with the monocrystalline rutile. When going from poly- to nanocrystalline Ti02 obtained by zol-gel method, the EER spectrum of the oxide substantially changes [53]. 

Gulino, D. A. Drickamer, H. G. High-pressure studies of the dye-sensitized photo-current spectrum of titanium dioxide, J. Phys. Chem. 1984, 88, 1173. 

Although the surface models for anatase and rutile, as proposed by different authors, are idealized and differ from each other in details, it can certainly be concluded that coordinatively unsaturated Ti4+cations, O2- ions, and OH groups in widely varying configurations should be exposed on partially hydrated and/or hydroxylated surfaces. Depending on the local environments of these sites, a wide spectrum of possible intermolecular interactions should be the consequence which may render specific adsorption processes possible. Finally, the ease of the surface reduction of titanium dioxides due to hydrocarbon contamination (19) leads to the formation of new types of surface sites and to drastic changes of the surface properties. 

Bigger clusters have been formed, for instance, by the expansion of laser evaporated material in a gas still under vacuum. For metal-carbon cluster systems (including M C + of Ti, Zr and V), their formation and the origin of delayed atomic ions were studied in a laser vaporization source coupled to a time-of-flight mass spectrometer. The mass spectrum of metal-carbon cluster ions (TiC2 and Zr C j+ cluster ions) obtained by using a titanium-zirconium (50 50) mixed alloy rod produced in a laser vaporization source (Nd YAG, X = 532 nm) and subsequently ionized by a XeCl excimer laser (308 nm) is shown in Figure 9.61. For cluster formation, methane ( 15% seeded in helium) is pulsed over the rod and the produced clusters are supersonically expanded in the vacuum. The mass spectrum shows the production of many zirconium-carbon clusters. Under these conditions only the titanium monomer, titanium dioxide and titanium dicarbide ions are formed. 

The reason for the incomplete protection of retinoic acid can be found by examining the absorption spectrum of the pigments used. Zinc oxide and titanium dioxide both block off some but not all UV radiation. They both have absorption cutoffs at about 350 and 380 nm, respectively (Fig. 24) (45). 

Zinc sulfide has the next highest refractive index to titanium dioxide and zirconium oxide making it a very efficient pigment. The spectrum of absorption of zinc sulfide resembles more closely anatase than rutile. Because it does not absorb certain UV wavelength, zinc sulfide is useful as a pigment for UV curable materials. 

Lepore G. P., Langford C. H., Vichova J. and Vlcek A. Jr. (1993), Photochemistry and picosecond absorption spectra of aqueous suspensions of a polycrystalline titanium dioxide optically transparent in the visible spectrum , J. Photo chem. Photobiol. A Chem. 75, 67-75. 

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