After the introduction of mass-production techniques early in the 20th century, titanium dioxide has found hundreds of new applications, such as imparting whiteness to paper, plastics, inks ...
All TiO 2 starts with TiCl 4 feedstock; in fact, 90% of the “tickle-four” manufactured every year goes to the production of titanium dioxide, typically with a simple hydrolysis reaction ...
Powdered titanium dioxide ore is placed in a smelter containing ... are not economically competitive with well-established production routes and they produce lower quality titanium.
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