Definition of Titanium oxide

1. Noun. A white powder used as a pigment for its high covering power and durability.

Exact synonyms: Titania, Titanic Oxide, Titanium Dioxide
Generic synonyms: Oxide, Pigment

Definition of Titanium oxide

1. Noun. (inorganic compound) Either of two binary compounds of titanium and oxygen - titanium dioxide and titanium trioxide ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Titanium Oxide

titanium-46
titanium-47
titanium-48
titanium-49
titanium-50
titanium alloy
titanium aluminide
titanium boride
titanium carbide
titanium dioxide
titanium dioxides
titanium greenfield ivc filter
titanium hydride
titanium nitride
titanium nitrides
titanium oxide (current term)
titanium oxides
titanium sand
titanium sponge
titanium suboxide
titanium trioxide
titanium white
titaniums
titano-
titanoan
titanocene
titanomagnetite
titanomagnetites
titanosaur
titanosaurian

Literary usage of Titanium oxide

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Chemical and Metallographic Examination of Iron, Steel and Brass by William Thomas Hall, Robert Seaton Williams (1921)
"The volumetric determination of the iron may be accomplished in the hydrochloric acid solution obtained after fusing the impure titanium oxide with sodium ..."

2. The Mineral Industry by Richard Pennefather Rothwell (1922)
"titanium oxide is used for pigments in paints. Pure titanium oxide ... titanium oxide has several advantages over white lead and zinc oxide. ..."

3. Bulletin by Geological Survey of Western Australia (1905)
"titanium oxide is used in porcelain painting, and enters into the composition of ... When very pure, used for same purposes as artificial titanium oxide. ..."

4. The Study of Stellar Evolution: An Account of Some Recent Methods of by George Ellery Hale (1908)
"titanium oxide, in particular, is capable of resisting a very high temperature, ... Is there any evidence, then, that titanium oxide exists in sun-spots? ..."

5. Bulletin by Geological Survey of Western Australia (1905)
"titanium oxide, 90 to 100 p cent.; titanium. 54 to 60 per cent. ... When w pure, used for same purposes as artificial titanium oxide. T. 111. ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Amorphous titanium oxide may be obtained in a pure form by fusing the mineral, very finely powdered, with six times its weight of potassium bisul- phate in ..."

7. The Mineral Industry by Richard Pennefather Rothwell (1912)
"... better by reducing the melting-point of the alloy, and also cleared the bath more thoroughly from occluded solids by fluxing off the titanium oxide. ..."

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