Abstract
We propose a simple method to investigate both the qualitative and quantitative properties of titanium tetrachloride. The selection and concentration of the employed solvent were found to be very important in the analysis of highly reactive titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4). Herein, we employed various concentrations of an acid solution to serve as a stabilizing medium. Qualitative analysis was performed via Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and scanning electron microscope-energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS). Additionally, the quantitative analysis was performed via inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES). We concluded that both the qualitative and quantitative properties of titanium tetrachloride could be easily measured using a specific acidic solvent as a medium.
Highlights
Various efforts and attempts to reduce energy consumption have been applied to fields of industry and research
Titanium tetrachloride samples for qualitative analysis were diluted with 7 M hydrochloric acid due to imparting the highest stability and yielding the highest intensity of Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR)
The results revealed that impurities such as Fe, Al, Si, Sb, Cr, and Mn existed in titanium tetrachloride
Summary
Various efforts and attempts to reduce energy consumption have been applied to fields of industry and research. Endeavours with regard to improving energy efficiency within the transportation industry have attracted considerable attention toward materials. In this respect, titanium and titanium complexes have been recognized as being appropriate materials, and the consumption of titanium has been soaring across the world [1]. Besides the fields mentioned above, titanium complexes, especially titanium dioxide, are considered to be versatile metal oxides due to their wide range of applications [7,8,9,10,11,12,13], and high purity titanium tetrachloride is strongly required for the synthesis of titanium dioxide. It is well known that quantitative and qualitative analyses to determine the purity of TiCl4 are very difficult
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