Investigation of geometric properties of modified titanium white by fluidisation for use in the process of transport, handling, processing and storage

Abstract

The present article deals with investigation of geometric properties of surface modified titanium white with the help of silica oxide by various methods of shape and size identification of clusters made by processing by fluidisation. For the purpose of the investigation of geometric properties the artificially made titanium oxide (titanium white) was processed by fluidisation with a defined percentage of silica oxide additive. The selected additive was represented by hydrophilic pyrogenic silica (micronised silica oxide), known under commercial name Aerosil 200, Aerosil R972 and hydrophilic pyrogenic metal oxide Aeroxide P25. The investigation began by image acquisition of the individual additives and the titanium white with scanning electron microscope and continued by investigation of clusters created by fluidisation in a vertical fluidisation cell using state-of-the-art methods of particle size identification analysis. The research was oriented toward the area of mutual impact of particles in the titanium white clusters with particles of additives.