TITANIUM OXIDE

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=30 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>CHEMISTRY SCHOOL</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >   </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >  <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CHEMISTRY SCHOOL"><U>HOME PAGE </U></A></FONT>     <A HREF="inorganic_chemistry.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="INORGANIC CHEMISTRY"><U>TO THE INDEX OF INORGANIC COMPOUNDS</U></A>      <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#DDDDDD" FACE="Arial" >TITANIUM OXIDE = </FONT>TITANION OCSIDE<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#DDDDDD" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=450 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="717" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 741 ><NOBR><div>       <IMG SRC="19aaeb9d0.gif" border=0 width="235" height="413" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>                 OCTAHEDRITE</B></div> <div> <B>             TITANIUM DI-OXIDE</B></div> <div> <B>  </B><B>    </B><B>4( TiO</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" ><B>2</B></FONT><B>)</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" ><B>2 </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" ><B>=</B></FONT><B> 8.TTN +16.OCS</B></div> <div> <B>     TTN: +4                            OCS: </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" ><B>- </B></FONT><B>2</B></div> <div> <B>    Ø =2.99u                          Ø = 2.96u</B></div> <div> <B>DENSITY = 3.84 </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" >grams / cu'cm</FONT></div> <div> <B>WEIGHT =  4 ( 265. 278 '192 ) </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" >ugr </FONT></div> <div> <B>                 =  1,061. 112 '768</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" > ugr</FONT><B>          </B></div> <div> <B>DISSOLVES @  284.1°C</B></div> <div> <B>SUBLIMES   @  285.3°C</B></div> <div> <B>TO A GASIOUS STATE</B></div> <div> <B>       HARDNESS  =  221</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" > durons</FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>TITANIUM DI-OXIDE                         TiO</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#006699" FACE="Arial" ><B>2 -</B></FONT><B>?</B><B>?</B></div> <div> THE PAINT PIGMENT, CALLED, TITANIUM DI-OXIDE </div> <div> THAT IS USED, TO MAKE WHITE PAINTS, </div> <div> IS ACTUALLY A MIXTURE, OF SEVERAL, WHITE MINERALS, </div> <div> THAT WERE CREATED, BY CECIL ANATASE, IN 1850.</div> <div> THE ANATASE MIXTURES HAVE, THE SMALLER MOLECULES, </div> <div> SHOWN ABOVE LEFT, WITH TWO TITANIUM IONS & FOUR OXYGEN IONS.</div> <div> THIS NATURAL MINERAL, IS ALSO CALLED, <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Arial" >OCTA-HEDRITE</FONT>,</div> <div> BECAUSE, THE MOLECULES, THAT IT IS MADE OF,</div> <div> CONTAIN,  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#990000" FACE="Arial" >8</FONT> TITANIUM IONS & <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#990000" FACE="Arial" >16</FONT> OXYGEN IONS,</div> <div> IN THE FORM OF A <U>TETRAGONAL</U> MOLECULAR CRYSTAL,</div> <div> THAT HAS FOUR OF THE SMALLER, ANATASE MOLECULES,</div> <div> BONDED TOGETHER, BY SECONDARY IONIC BONDS..</div> <div> THE LARGER TETRAGONAL CRYSTALS ARE CALLED, FLAKES</div> <div> & THE SMALLER ANATASE MOLECULES ARE CALLED, CHIPS</div> <div> BY PAINT, DYE & FABRIC COMPANYS.</div> <div> WHEN THE CHIPS, ARE USED, IN "TITANUIM WHITE" PIGMENT,</div> <div> THE CHIPS, ARE KEPT, FROM REBONDING, AS FLAKES,</div> <div> BY THE PRESENCE OF, BARIUM OXIDE & BORON OXIDE,</div> <div> OR BARIUM SULFATE & ZINC OXIDE </div> <div> <B>WHY DOES TITANIUM OXIDE..APPEAR WHITE ?</B></div> <div> THE TITANIUM ATOMS IN THIS OXIDE, LEND FOUR ELECTRONS</div> <div> TO FOUR OXYGEN ATOMS, AND ARE REDUCED IN SIZE,BY 47%</div> <div> THE OXYGEN ATOMS, BORROWING THE ELECTRONS,</div> <div> EXPAND IN SIZE BY 212%.</div> <div> THE EXTERIOR SURFACES, OF THE IONS OF OXYGEN,</div> <div> THEREBY, BECOME, THE GREATER PART,</div> <div> OF THE REFLECTIVE SURFACE, OF THE CRYSTAL.</div> <div> THIS CAUSES THE THE FLAT RECTANGULAR, TETRAGONAL FLAKES,</div> <div> TO REFLECT, ALMOST ALL THE LIGHT, THAT STRIKES THEM,</div> <div> WHICH, WE THEN SEE,  AS WHITE LIGHT. </div> <div> <B>ARE THE TITANIUM IONS, RE-USEABLE  ?</B></div> <div> THE TITANIUM IONS IN OCTA-HEDRITE </div> <div> HAVE NOT YET BEEN FOUND, TO BE REUSABLE,</div> <div> IN OTHER COMPOUNDS OR IN ALLOYS, WITH LONG TERM SUCCESS.</div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="titanion_ocside252_m.htm" TITLE="TITANIUM OXIDE"><U>BACK TO TOP</U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>