Titanium tetra Chloride (synonym – Tickle) is produced as an intermediary product in the production of rutile grade titanium dioxide pigment. It is colourless to pale yellow liquid. Titanium Tetra Chloride reacts violently on contact with water and expands to 1600 times its liquid volume on exposure creating smoke screen and thereby necessitate careful handling.
Titanium Tetra Chloride is exclusively used in the manufacture of Titanium dioxide pigment, Titanium sponge/metal. Titanium salts, Butyl titanate and Titanium oxy-chlorides.
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| Appearance | Colourless to pale yellow liquid at room temperature |
| Odour | Pungent fumes of hydrochloric acid |
| Bolling Point | 135.8º C |
| Freezing Point | -25º C |
| Flash Point | Not inflammable |
| Explosive properties | Not applicable |
| Vapour pressure | 1.2 kPA at 20º C |
| Specific gravity | 1.728 at 20º C |
| Viscosity | Reacts violently with water, aquous solutions and many organic liquids. Miscible with some hydrocarbons and halogenated hydrocarbons |
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| TiCl 4 | >99.5% |
| VOCl 3 | <5 ppm |
| SiCl 4 | <100 ppm |
| AlCl 3 | <2 ppm |
| C organics | <100 ppm |
| Residue remaining at 150º C | <0.1% |
| Dissolved gases | O 2, N 2, CO2, HCl |
| Molecular weight | 189.73 |
| Critical Temperature | 358º C |
| Specific heat of liquid at 25º C | -37.53 Cal/degree C |
| Dielectric constant | 2.79 |
| Conductivity | Almost zero |
200-lit MS drum with two caps on the top side.
