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- Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is a versatile white pigment that is commonly used in a variety of products, including paints. Universal type products, such as the TiO2 pigment R996, are popular choices for paint manufacturers due to their high quality and excellent performance.
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A 2023 study published in the journal Particle and Fibre Toxicology set out to examine the impact of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in mice “on the course and prognosis of ulcerative colitis,” by creating an ulcerative colitis disease model. Researchers found that the titanium dioxide nanoparticles significantly increased the severity of colitis. They also “decreased the body weight, increased the disease activity index and colonic mucosa damage index scores, shortened the colonic length, increased the inflammatory infiltration in the colon.” Researchers concluded: “Oral intake of TiO2 nanoparticles could affect the course of acute colitis in exacerbating the development of ulcerative colitis, prolonging the ulcerative colitis course and inhibiting ulcerative colitis recovery.”
At the present JECFA meeting, the committee considered additional toxicological studies relevant to the safety assessment of the chemical that investigated its toxicokinetics, acute toxicity, short-term toxicity, long-term toxicity and carcinogenicity, genotoxicity, and reproductive and developmental toxicity, as well as special studies addressing its short-term initiation/promotion potential for colon cancer. The experts acknowledged that a large number of toxicological studies have been conducted using test materials, including nanoparticles, having size distributions and physico-chemical properties not comparable to real-world uses of titanium dioxide as a food additive. The studies on non-representative materials were evaluated by JECFA, but the committee concluded that such studies are not relevant to the safety assessment of the additive.
Studies of titanium dioxide as a food additive suggest health dangers
Rutiles Tio2 Titanium Dioxide Lomon R-895 Coating Grade Industrial Use
Titanium dioxide is used in an enormous range of food products, which can feel jarring when looking at some of its other uses.
Scrap zinc or concentrated zinc ores are dissolved in sulfuric acid, the solution is purified and the two solutions are reacted. A heavy mixed precipitate results that is 28 to 30% zinc sulfide and 72 to 70% barium sulfate.

titanium dioxide gravimetric analysis. This is done by comparing the weight of the precipitate to the weight of the original sample. By knowing the molecular weight of titanium dioxide, the percentage of the compound in the sample can be determined.