Titanium hydrous

Moon, J., Suvaci, E., Li, T., Sostantino, S.A., Adair, I.H. Phase development of barium titanate from chemically modified amorphous titanium (hydrous) oxide precursor. J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 22, 809-815 (2002)... 

Two pigment production routes ate in commercial use. In the sulfate process, the ore is dissolved in sulfuric acid, the solution is hydrolyzed to precipitate a microcrystalline titanium dioxide, which in turn is grown by a process of calcination at temperatures of ca 900—1000°C. In the chloride process, titanium tetrachloride, formed by chlorinating the ore, is purified by distillation and is then oxidized at ca 1400—1600°C to form crystals of the required size. In both cases, the taw products are finished by coating with a layer of hydrous oxides, typically a mixture of siUca, alumina, etc. 

Titanium pyrophosphate [13470-09-2] TiP20y, a possible uv reflecting pigment, is a white powder that crystallizes ia the cubic system and has a theoretical density of 3106 kg/m. It is iasoluble ia water and can be prepared by heating a stoichiometric mixture of hydrous titania and phosphoric acid at 900°C. 

Sulphate process. The ilmenite is reacted with sulphuric acid giving titanium sulphate and ferric oxide. After separation of ferric oxide, addition of alkali allows precipitation of hydrous titanium dioxide. The washed precipitate is calcined in a rotary kiln to render titanium dioxide. The nucleation and calcination conditions determine the crystalline structure of titanium dioxide (e.g. rutile or anatase). 

There are now two processes in widespread use for making titanium dioxide pigments. In the sulphate process, finely ground ilmenite is digested in sulphuric acid and the iron is reduced and separated as iron(II) sulphate. The titanium(IV) sulphate is hydrolysed by steam to a hydrous oxide, which is thoroughly washed to remove soluble impurities and finally calcined at a temperature of about 1000 °C to give the anatase form of titanium dioxide. 

If necessary a preconcentration was carried out on this solution to lower the detection limits of the method. Preconcentration was achieved by a method involving co-precipitation of the antimony with hydrous zirconium oxide in which the digest is stirred with 150mg zirconyl chloride and the pH adjusted to 5 with ammonia to coprecipitate antimony and hydrous zirconium oxide. The isolated precipitate is dissolved is 7M hydrochloric acid and 30% sulphuric acid. Antimony is then converted to the pentavalent state by successive treatment with titanium III chloride and sodium nitrite and excess nitrite destroyed by urea. 

Fig. 30. Spectra of three high area, amorphous, hydrous oxides of titanium compared with that of the crystalhne anhydrous oxide, rutile. One is a straight titania gel, two are coprecipitated with different elements to form mixed metal hydrous oxide gels.

Anatase form is obtained by hydrolytic precipitation of titanium(IV) sulfate on heating. The mineral ilmenite is treated with concentrated sulfuric acid. Heating the sulfate solution precipitates hydrous titanium oxide. The precipitate is calcined to expel all water. 

Some comments are offered here regarding titanium, copper, zinc, and indium (hydrous) oxides. 

Titanates and silico-titanates The oxide and hydroxide of titanium are effectively used in applications of removing metal ions from water. Early studies (since 1955) have shown that hydrous titanium oxide is the most appropriate material for extracting uranium from seawater, whereas titanates and hydrous titanium oxide are suitable for removing strontium. 

Polyacrylic acid Hybrid organic/inorganic network polymers were formed via the reaction of polyacrylic acid with tin(IV). titanium(IV), and silicon (IV) alkoxides and subsequent hydrolysis to form mesoporous materials. Treatment by nitric acid removed the polyacrylate template and produced microporous inorganic hydrous metal oxides Surface areas characterized by BET measurements 130... 

The earliest expectations of cupferron being a selective and specific reagent for copper and iron only were not justified as the reagent has been found to precipitate, with the exception of aluminum and chromium,83 almost all the tri- to penta-valent metals which form insoluble hydrous oxides. However, the reagent has acquired permanent value as an aid in separating certain metals, e.g. titanium from aluminum and chromium.84... 

Merck in Japan has recently patented [16] a process for the production of water and weather-resistant pearlescent pigments produced by coating mica with hydrous zirconia. This is in many ways similar to processes operated in the titanium oxide industry and mentioned previously. The zirconium hydroxide aids dispersion and gives better compatibility with the polymer matrix that it is incorporated in. 

Lu, M., Roam, G., Chen, ]., and Huang, C., Adsorption characteristics of dichlorvos onto hydrous titanium dioxide surface, Water Res., 30, 1670, 1996. 

Hydrous titanium dioxides (T1O2 nH20, where >()) may also be important sorbents for arsenic species. Manna, Dasgupta and Ghosh (2004) investigated the removal of As(III) with synthetic crystalline hydrous titanium dioxide. At pH 7, the adsorption capacity of the compound was 72-75 mg g-1. Approximately... 

Manna, B., Dasgupta, M. and Ghosh, U.C. (2004) Crystalline hydrous titanium (IV) oxide (CHTO) an arsenic (III) scavenger from natural water. Journal of Water Supply Research and Technology - AQUA, 53(7), 483-95. 

EC is a simple, efficient, and promising method to remove arsenic form water. Arsenic removal efficiencies with different electrode materials follow the sequence iron > titanium > aluminum. The process was able to remove more than 99% of arsenic from an As-contaminated water and met the drinking water standard of 10p,gL 1 with iron electrode. Compared with the iron electrodes, aluminum electrodes obtained lower removal efficiency. The plausible reason for less arsenic removal by aluminum in comparison to iron could be that the adsorption capacity of hydrous aluminum oxide for As(III) is much lower in comparison to hydrous ferric oxides. Comparative evaluation of As(III) and As(V) removal by chemical coagulation (with ferric chloride) and electrocoagulation has been done. The comparison revealed that EC has better removal efficiency for As(ni), whereas As(V) removal by both processes was nearly same (Kumar et al. 2004). 

Hydrous sodium titanate was prepared by the method of Dosch and Stephens (1). Titanium isopropoxide was slowly added to a 15 wt% solution of sodium hydroxide in methanol. The resulting solution was hydrolyzed by addition to 10 vol% water in acetone. The hydrolysis product is an amorphous hydrous oxide with a Na Ti ratio of 0.5 which contains, after vacuum drying at room temperature, approximately 13.5 wt% water and 2.5 wt% residual alcohol. The ion-exchange characteristics of the sodium titanate and the hydrolysis behavior of the nickel nitrate solutions were characterized using a combination of potentiometric titrations, inductively coupled plasma atomic emission (ICP) analysis of filtrates, and surface charge measurements obtained using a Matec electrosonic amplitude device. 

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