Reaction #3153
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Reaction equation
titanium dioxide
titanium dioxide
phosphoric acid
phosphorus pentoxide
→
titanium pyrophosphate
Yield 90.0%
Reagents
None
Conditions
Detailed conditions
See reaction.notes.procedure_details.
Workup
- 1Otherat a temperature of about 400° C. to about 500° C.
Procedure
thermally reacting titanium dioxide and phosphoric acid at a temperature of about 400° C. to about 500° C. in a reaction mixture having a phosphorus pentoxide to titanium dioxide mole ratio of about 1.20 to about 1.25 to form a fine titanium pyrophosphate powder with greater than 90% of said fine titanium pyrophosphate powder having a particle size less than 1 micron in diameter; and