Titanium Dioxide - Rutile Grade

Titanium Dioxide pigment (Ti0₂) is a white powder with high opacity, brilliant whiteness, excellent covering power and resistance to color change.

These properties have made it a valuable pigment and opacifier for a broad range of application in paints, plastic goods, inks and paper.
The pigment is manufactured by processing naturally occurring Titanium Rutile or Ilmenite minerals.

Rutile is an impure form of titanium dioxide whereas Ilmenite contains titanium combined with iron as a compound oxide.

We have 4 available Rutile grades, suitable for many applications.

Applications
• Widely used aqueous and solvent-based exterior paint and electro-deposition paint
• Coatings, plastic, rubber, printing ink
• Cosmetics

Specific grades are suitable for:
• Paint and plastic coloring
• Controlled PH value material for inclusion in high opacity paints
• A finer grade for rapid absorption in plastic and rubber applications
• All grades are available in bags from our Brantford warehouse

Item No.	R-1	RM-1
TiO₂ Content %	98.0	94.0
Whiteness		Better
Brightness	96.5
pH Value	6.5-8.5	6.5-8.5
Mesh Residue 45 μm max %	0.05	0.05
Tint-Reducing Power min	1700	95
Oil Absorption g/100g max	21	23
Volatile AT 105⁰C % max	0.5	0.80
Specific Receptivity Ω cm min	90	80
Water dispersibility, % min		90
Rutile Content min %	97.0	98.0
Application	Paints, Plastics, Rubber, Paper, Grocery	Coating, Plastic, Paper, Rubber, Printing inc.

OPTA MINERALS has production and warehouse facilities in the following locations:
Canada: Waterdown, ON; Brantford, ON; Lachine, QC; Laval, QC; St-Bruno-de-Guigues, QC.
USA: Norfolk, VA; Hardeeville, SC; Attica, NY; Baltimore, MD; New Orleans, LA; Keeseville, NY; Milan, MI; Walkerton, IN; Richfield, OH. Los Angeles, CA.
Europe: Košice, Slovak Republic; Romans, France.