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Definition of Titanium dioxide
1. Noun. A white powder used as a pigment for its high covering power and durability.
Definition of Titanium dioxide
1. Noun. (chemistry) a brilliant white powder, TiO2, used as a pigment, and in sunblock, toothpaste and cosmetics ¹
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Medical Definition of Titanium dioxide
1. TiO2;contains not less than 99.0% and not more than 100.5% of TiO2, calculated on the dry basis; used in creams and powders as a protectant against external irritations and solar rays. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Titanium Dioxide
Literary usage of Titanium dioxide
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"It is difficult to obtain accurate results with quantities of titanium dioxide
exceeding 0-15 grain. The warm, dilute sulphuric acid solution of titanic ..."
2. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, John Cannell Cain, Carl Schorlemmer (1913)
"TITANIUM COMPOUNDS. TITANIUM AND OXYGEN. 376 Titanium combines with oxygen to
form a number of oxides, the most important being: titanium dioxide, TiO2. ..."
3. Manual of the Chemical Analysis of Rocks by Henry Stephens Washington (1919)
"titanium dioxide For the determination of titanium dioxide the whole volume of
solution in which the total iron has been titrated is best adapted. ..."
4. Treatise on General and Industrial Inorganic Chemistry by Ettore Molinari (1912)
"This is formed in the same manner as SiCl4, by heating a mixture of titanium
dioxide and carbon to redness in a current of chlorine. ..."