{"id":8136,"date":"2016-08-03T15:17:13","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T13:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dana.ggiants.de\/faq\/why-is-titanium-dioxide-tio2-used-in-paints\/"},"modified":"2024-07-11T09:34:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T07:34:18","slug":"why-is-titanium-dioxide-tio2-used-in-paints","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/materialneutral.info\/en\/faq\/why-is-titanium-dioxide-tio2-used-in-paints\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) used in paints?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In paints, titanium dioxide&#xA0;(chem. TiO<sub>2<\/sub>) is mainly used as a white pigment. Only micrometre sized titanium dioxide causes such white colouring. <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"cmtt_3ddd56a982b62f20c8279dbc63e14262\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Nanoscale<\/span> titanium dioxide functions as UV filter protecting the paints&#x2019; binder material. 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