A Review of the Production Cycle of Titanium Dioxide Pigment

By M. Gázquez, J. Bolívar, R. García‐Tenorio, F. Vaca. 2014

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Titanium is a very important element for several industrial applications, being one of the ninth most abundant elements in the Earth’s crust (0.63% wt). In this work it will discuss the different mining and industrial activities involved in the production of titanium dioxide. The first step analyzed will treat about the beneficiation mining process of titanium mineral, and secondly, it will discuss the two main processes of the TiO2 manufacturing (sulphate and chloride routes). In addition, we will show different uses of the titanium dioxide pigment as filler in paper, plastics and rubber industries and as flux in glass manufacture, etc. Finally, we will show that the old wastes are currently called co-products since they were valorized, being commercialized by the Spanish industry of TiO2 production in different fields such as agriculture, civil engineering, or cement manufacturing.

Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Inorganic Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering

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• Review: Hydrothermal technology for smart materials (2016, background): “The primary application of titanium dioxide is as a white pigment in paints, food colouring, cosmetics, toothpastes, polymers and other instances in which white colorations are desired.(75) The reason for this is the high refractive indices of rutile and anatase, which result in high reflectivity fr”