TITLE:
A Review of the Production Cycle of Titanium Dioxide Pigment
AUTHORS:
Manuel Jesús Gázquez, Juan Pedro Bolívar, Rafael Garcia-Tenorio, Federico Vaca
KEYWORDS:
Titanium Minerals, Titanium Dioxide Pigment, Properties and Uses of Tio2, Valorization of Co-Products
JOURNAL NAME:
Materials Sciences and Applications,
Vol.5 No.7,
May
29,
2014
ABSTRACT: 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.