titanium dioxide

English

a sample of titanium dioxide powder

the titania form of titanium dioxide (in this instance, synthetic rutile)

Noun

titanium dioxide (plural titanium dioxides)

2. (chemistry) a brilliant white powder, TiO₂, used as a pigment, and in sunblock, toothpaste, and cosmetics.

   Synonyms: titania, E171 (when used as a food colouring), titanium white (when used as pigment)

   Meronyms: titanium, Ti, oxygen, O

Related terms

• titanate
• titanic acid

Translations

TiO₂

• Catalan: diòxid de titani m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 二氧化鈦 / 二氧化钛 (zh) (èryǎnghuàtài)

• Dutch: titaandioxide (nl) n
• Estonian: titaandioksiid
• Finnish: titaanidioksidi (compound); titaanivalkoinen (fi) (pigment)
• French: dioxyde de titane (fr) m
• Polish: dwutlenek tytanu m
• Swedish: titandioxid (sv) c
• Turkish: titanyum dioksit

See also

• akaogiite, anatase, brookite, octahedrite, rutile (various mineral forms of titanium dioxide)