Anatase Titanium Dioxide

1. What are the main differences between Rutile and AnataseTitanium Dioxide?

Crystal Structure. Anatase TiO2 has a tetrahedral structure, while rutile has a more compact octahedral structure.

Photocatalysis. Anatase type has stronger photocatalytic activity and degrades organic matter more easily under ultraviolet light.

Weather Resistance. Rutile type is more stable, with better weather resistance and anti-chalking properties, making it suitable for outdoor applications.

Refractive Index. Rutile TiO2 has a higher refractive index, resulting in stronger hiding power and whiteness.

2. What are the main advantages of anatase TiO2?

Higher whiteness, visually more bluish, appearing whiter.

Lower cost.

Excellent photocatalytic activity.

3. Why can Anatase Typebe used for matting in synthetic fibers?

Because anatase titanium dioxide has relatively low hardness, causing less wear on expensive spinning components. Simultaneously, its photoactivity is minimally affected during the short-term, high-temperature processing of synthetic fibers, achieving an ideal matting effect.

4. In what situations should anatase TiO2not be used?

It should be avoided in any application requiring prolonged exposure to outdoor ultraviolet radiation, such as automotive paint, exterior wall coatings, outdoor PVC windows and doors, and highway marking paint. Otherwise, it will cause the product to fail rapidly.

4. Why does anatase titanium dioxide have poor weather resistance?

Its relatively loose crystal structure makes it prone to generating oxygen vacancies under ultraviolet radiation, triggering photocatalytic reactions and leading to degradation, chalking, and yellowing of the coating or material surface. Therefore, it is not recommended for products exposed to the outdoors for extended periods.

5. How to improve the weather resistance of anatase TiO2?

Typically, surface treatment techniques are used to coat it with one or more layers of inorganic (such as silicon or aluminum oxide) or organic films to shield it from ultraviolet radiation and reduce photocatalytic activity, thereby improving its stability and applicability.

6. What Are Properties Of Anatase Titanium Dioxide?

Physical Properties

Among the commonly used white pigments, the relative density of anatase titanium dioxide is the smallest. Anatase Tio2 will transform into rutile Tio2 at high temperature, so the melting point and boiling point of titanium dioxide anatase actually don’t exist. The dielectric constant of anatase titanium dioxide is relatively low, only 48, the Mohs hardness is 5.5 to 6.0, so it can be used in chemical fiber matting to avoid abrasion of the spin holes. Anatase grade Tio2 has better whiteness, but the tinting strength and weather resistance are not good as rutile titanium dioxide.

Chemical Properties

It is extremely stable in chemical properties and is a kind of acidic amphoteric oxide. It hardly reacts with other elements and compounds at room temperature, and has no effect on oxygen, ammonia, nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide. Anantase Tio2 is insoluble in water, fat, dilute acid, inorganic acid and alkali, only soluble in hydrofluoric acid. But under the action of light, it can undergo continuous oxidation-reduction reactions and has photochemical activity, anatase titanium dioxide is particularly obviously under ultraviolet light. This property makes titanium dioxide a photosensitive oxidation catalyst for some inorganic compounds and a photosensitive reduction catalyst for organic compounds.

7. How To Improve The Effect Of Anatase Titanium Dioxide?

1.Hydrolysis technology. From the hydrolysis quality and product quality to analyze that the quality of atmospheric hydrolysis is better, the hydrolysis particle size is uniform. To ensure the quality of hydrolysis, it is necessary to strictly control the quality index of the concentrated titanium solution, control the ratio of iron to titanium and the solid content within the specified range, as well as increase the operating conditions of the hydrolysis process.

2.Reduce impurity content. For anatase titanium dioxide, when the high iron content is 120ppm, its whiteness will be affected, and even light-color interconversion will occur.

3.The control of the calcination conditions. It is an important part of the crystal nucleation of anatase titanium dioxide. A good calcination temperature can make the anatase titanium dioxide dewatered and completely dehydrated, try to avoid the lattice defects of the anatase Tio2 crystal nucleus and affect its whiteness. Therefore, it is necessary to increase the control of the key temperature points, and at the same time make the feed volume and the density of the rotating speed match reasonably, increase the combustion chamber, and avoid the contact between the material and the flame and the occurrence of sintering.

4.Improve the application performance of anatase grade titanium dioxide through surface treatment. Anantase type Tio2 is a very polar powder, which is hydrophilic and oil-repellent in nature. However, if air, water and other pollutants are adsorbed on the surface, the dispersibility in water will be reduced, so surface treatment is often required. The common treatment agents are hydrated alumina and hydrated silica.

8. What is anatase?

Anatase is one of the three minerals of titanium dioxide, which is produced in ore veins in igneous rocks and metamorphic rocks, generally also occurs in placer deposits. It is hard, shiny tetragonal crystal with different colors. The crystal structure is approximately frame-like, the O ions are the most densely packed cubic, and the Ti atoms are located in the actahedral gap. Many anatases are formed by weathering of sphere, and it can be eroded into rutile. The chemical composition of anatase is the same as that of rutile, and the chemical formula is TiO2. The isomorphic substitutions include Fe, Sn, Nb, Ta, etc… In addition, it is also discovered that anatase contains Y-based rare earth elements, U and Th.

Appearance: The crystal shape is generally cone, plate or columnar.

Color: Brown, yellow, light green blue, light purple, gray black, almost colorless occasionally. Streaks are colorless to pale yellow. Diamond luster.

Mohs hardness: 5.5-6.5

Density: 3.82～3.976g/cm³

Special properties: Anatase is a low-temperature homogeneous and multi-image variant of TiO2, which can be transformed from other titanium minerals, and it can transform into rutile at 800-900℃.