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Titanium oxide may refer to:
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Titanium dioxide
Titanium dioxide, also known as titanium(IV) oxide or titania , is the inorganic compound with the chemical formula . When used as a pigment, it is called titanium white, Pigment White 6 (PW6), or CI 77891. It is a white solid that is insolubl ...
(titanium(IV) oxide), TiO
2
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Titanium(II) oxide
Titanium(II) oxide ( Ti O) is an inorganic chemical compound of titanium and oxygen. It can be prepared from titanium dioxide and titanium metal at 1500 °C. It is non-stoichiometric in a range TiO0.7 to TiO1.3 and this is caused by vacanci ...
(titanium monoxide), TiO, a non-stoichiometric oxide
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Titanium(III) oxide
Titanium(III) oxide is the inorganic compound with the formula Ti2 O3. A black semiconducting solid, it is prepared by reducing titanium dioxide
Titanium dioxide, also known as titanium(IV) oxide or titania , is the inorganic compound with t ...
(dititanium trioxide), Ti
2O
3
* Ti
3O
* Ti
2O
* δ-TiO
x (x= 0.68–0.75)
* Ti
nO
2n−1 where n ranges from 3–9 inclusive, e.g. Ti
3O
5, Ti
4O
7, etc.
Uses
Often used as an active ingredient in sunscreens combined with
oxybenzone
Oxybenzone or benzophenone-3 or BP-3 (trade names Milestab 9, Eusolex 4360, Escalol 567, KAHSCREEN BZ-3) is an organic compound. It is a pale-yellow solid that is readily soluble in most organic solvents. Oxybenzone belongs to the class of aroma ...
and
octyl methoxycinnamate
Octyl methoxycinnamate or ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate (INCI) or octinoxate (USAN), trade names Eusolex 2292 and Uvinul MC80, is an organic compound that is an ingredient in some sunscreens and lip balms. It is an ester formed from methoxycinnam ...
.
[Serpone N, Salinaro A, Emeline AV, Horikoshi S, Hidaka H, Zhao JC. 2002. "An in vitro systematic spectroscopic examination of the photostabilities of a random set of commercial sunscreen lotions and their chemical UVB/UVA active agents". ''Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences'' 1(12): 970–981.]
Used to give the white colour of titanium white paint.
References
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Dielectrics
Electronic engineering
High-κ dielectrics