titanian.
/tʌɪˈteɪnɪə/, /tᵻˈteɪnɪə/, U.S. /taɪˈteɪniə/, /təˈteɪniə/, /taɪˈteɪnjə/, /taɪˈtænjə/, /taɪˈtæniə/ Chemistry.
Titanium dioxide.
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titanium dioxide1877
1870 W. Odling Outl. Chem. viii. 295 The existence of allotropic forms of hydrated titania, corresponding to those of stannic oxide.
1912 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 174 90 Siloxide is the name given to products prepared by fusing silica with small proportions of refractory acidic oxides, such as zirconia or titania, for the purpose of obtaining materials more resistant to the action of metallic oxides.
1922 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 44 387 Titania was prepared by dissolving the oxide in hot conc. sulfuric acid, diluting with 10 volumes of water and precipitating as with alumina.
1971 Materials & Technol. II. v. 326 Titania and its compounds..are important for high-capacity condensers, and have considerably displaced the natural product mica.
2003 Membrane Technol. 12/3 [The] electrolytic cell for reducing a metal oxide, such as titania..includes an anode, formed from carbon, and a cathode, formed at least in part from the metal oxide.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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