The most important pigment properties of TiO2 pigments are: scattering power, hiding power (tinting strength), brightness, mass-tone (or color), gloss formation, gloss haze, dispersibility, lightfastness, and weather resistance. These properties are a function of chemical purity, lattice stabilization, particle size and size distribution,
Tab. 2.8: Continued.
Country |
Company |
Location |
Capacity, 10001 a 1 |
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Chloride |
Sulfate |
Total |
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Russia |
AO Pigment |
Chelyabinsk |
— |
10 |
10 |
Ural Titan |
Ekaterinburg |
— |
50 |
50 |
|
others |
various sites |
— |
15 |
15 |
|
Ukraine |
Krymsky Titan |
Armyansk |
— |
80 |
80 |
Sumsky Titan |
Sumy |
— |
40 |
40 |
|
Poland |
Zachem |
Police |
— |
36 |
36 |
Slovenia |
Cinkarna |
Celje |
— |
38 |
38 |
Czech Rep. |
Precheza |
Prerov |
— |
35 |
35 |
Total Eastern Europe |
304 |
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Rep. of South Africa |
Huntsman Tioxide |
Umbogintwini |
— |
40 |
40 |
Total Africa |
40 |
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Australia |
Millenium Inorganic Chemicals |
Kemerton |
95 |
— |
95 |
Kerr-McGee |
Kwinana |
97 |
— |
97 |
|
Total Australia |
192 |
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Japan |
Ishihara Sangyo |
Yokkaichi |
55 |
100 |
155 |
Tayca |
Saidaiji |
— |
60 |
60 |
|
Sakai Chemical |
Onahama |
— |
60 |
60 |
|
Furukawa Mining |
Osaka |
— |
10 |
10 |
|
Fuji Titanium |
Kobe |
— |
16 |
16 |
|
Total Japan |
301 |
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India |
Kerala Minerals & Metals |
Kerala |
60 |
— |
60 |
Travancore Titanium |
Trivandrum |
— |
25 |
25 |
|
others |
various |
— |
9 |
9 |
|
South Korea |
Hankook Titanium |
Incheon |
— |
25 |
25 |
Onsan |
— |
40 |
40 |
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Taiwan |
China Metal & Chemicals |
Chin Shin |
— |
15 |
15 |
DuPont |
Kuan Yin |
110 |
— |
110 |
|
Malaysia |
Huntsman Tioxide |
Teluk Kalung |
— |
65 |
65 |
S. Arabia |
Cristal |
Yanbu |
92 |
— |
92 |
Singapore |
Ishihara Sangyo |
Jurong |
45 |
— |
45 |
GreaterChina |
> 20 different |
various |
— |
480 |
480 |
Total Far East (excl Japan) |
966 |
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Total world capacity |
2852 |
2261 |
5113 |
and the coating. These properties also depend on the matrix and often cannot be accurately described in simple terms. Some of these properties ofTiO2 pigments are described below.
2.1.5.1