Titanium oxide

  • Formula: TiO
  • Hill system formula: O1Ti1
  • CAS registry number: [12137-20-1]
  • Formula weight: 63.866
  • Class: oxide
  • Colour: dark
  • Appearance: crystalline solid
  • Melting point: 1750°C
  • Boiling point: 3660
  • Density: 4950 kg m-3

The following are some synonyms of titanium oxide:

  • titanium oxide
  • titanium(II) oxide

The oxidation number of titanium in titanium oxide is 2.

Synthesis

Not available

Solid state structure

  • Geometry of titanium:
  • Prototypical structure: NaCl (rock salt)

Crystal structure of titanium oxide

Element analysis

The table shows element percentages for TiO (titanium oxide).

Element %
O 25.05
Ti 74.95

Isotope pattern for TiO

The chart below shows the calculated isotope pattern for the formula TiO with the most intense ion set to 100%.

References

The data on these compounds pages are assembled and adapted from the primary literature and several other sources including the following.

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