Titanyl sulfate is the
inorganic compound with the formula TiOSO
4. It is a white solid that forms by treatment of
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 insolub ...
with
fuming sulfuric acid Fuming may refer to;
* Ammonia fuming, a technique for darkening oak and other woods
* Sun Fuming, a Chinese judoka who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics
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. It hydrolyzes to a gel of hydrated titanium dioxide.
The structure consists of dense
polymeric network with tetrahedral sulfur and octahedral titanium centers. The six
ligand
In coordination chemistry, a ligand is an ion or molecule ( functional group) that binds to a central metal atom to form a coordination complex. The bonding with the metal generally involves formal donation of one or more of the ligand's elec ...
s attached to titanium are derived from four different sulfate
moieties and a
bridging oxide. A monohydrate is also known, being prepared similarly to the anhydrous material. In the
hydrate, one Ti–OS bond is replaced by Ti–OH
2.
References
Titanium compounds
Sulfates
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