Titanium Dioxide - Bad??
Titanium Dioxide - Bad??
(OP)
From an old Structural who actually did pretty good in university Chemistry but that was almost 40 years ago!!!
We have a bunch of industrial equipment (1.9'' galvanized tube) that has TO "caked" on it. The user wants us to take it back. They contaminated it.
From what I have read, this is not very nice stuff - not horrible - but not good.
My gut reaction is that we do not want it back - virtually impossible to clean completely - in and out.
Your ideas??
We have a bunch of industrial equipment (1.9'' galvanized tube) that has TO "caked" on it. The user wants us to take it back. They contaminated it.
From what I have read, this is not very nice stuff - not horrible - but not good.
My gut reaction is that we do not want it back - virtually impossible to clean completely - in and out.
Your ideas??





RE: Titanium Dioxide - Bad??
Good luck,
Latexman
RE: Titanium Dioxide - Bad??
RE: Titanium Dioxide - Bad??
Do the clean-up wet with a pressure washer. Or better still, get HIM to clean up what he messed up.
RE: Titanium Dioxide - Bad??
And it is used in many apps - including some food products!!! Our problem is the clean up - virtually impossible to get it out of every crevice and cranny!!
Thanks for your help. I think we will just refuse to take it back!!
We don't need the down the road ramifications!!
RE: Titanium Dioxide - Bad??
RE: Titanium Dioxide - Bad??
TiO2 in small quantities shouldn't cause any environmental or hazard issues.
RE: Titanium Dioxide - Bad??
Solid TiO2 is so inter that it is harmless, but like any fine dust it can get into you lungs and lead to issues. And since most pigment depends on fine uniform dispersion it is usually milled to sub-micron particle size.
I wouldn't touch someones stuff because you don't know what else is in it.
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Plymouth Tube
RE: Titanium Dioxide - Bad??
We quickly ended operations and told the customer - we don't want it back.