Table 1.
Physicochemical properties of TiO2 particles
| Sample | Company | Manufacturing process | BET surface area (m2/g) | Sauter mean diameter* (nm) | Crystallite size (nm) | Hydrodynamic mean diameter** (nm) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anatase | Rutile | ||||||
| *Sauter diameter = 6 / (density of materials x surface area) **Cumulants mean size of suspensions in distilled water measured by DLS (Malvern Zetananosizer S) | |||||||
| Anatase AMT-400 | TAYCA corporation |
Sulfate process | 102 | 15 | 16.9 | – | 737 |
| Rutile MT-150W | TAYCA corporation |
Sulfate process | 102 | 14 | – | 15.5 | 348 |
| Amorphous | Wako Pure Chemical Industries | NA | 110 | 14 | 6.1 | – | 226 |
| P25 | EVONIK Industries |
Chloride process | 53.8 | 28 | 23.5 | 35.9 | 205 |