- Title:
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Titanium Tetrachloride
- Date:
- May 2009
- Organisations
- FESA
- Authors:
- Higgins, Leith
- Location:
- Western Australia, Australia
Overview
Titanium dioxide is an extremely stable, unreactive powder, that interacts with light in a way that makes it one of the ‘whitest’ white materials available. It is ideal to use as a white pigment in both oil and water-based paints, as well as in paper, plastics, inks, and cosmetics. It is even allowed to be used this way in food and medicine. It is also used as a UV blocker in sunscreens, and in a range of high tech applications. Titanium dioxide has replaced the white pigments based on lead carbonate, that were once widely used.
