How to Use titanium dioxide in a Sentence

titanium dioxide

noun

• Even M&Ms, which are also sold by Mars Inc., do not use titanium dioxide, the lawsuit says.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2022
• The European Commission will ban titanium dioxide, also known as E171, by the end of the year.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2022
• The first version of the bill also proposed a ban on titanium dioxide, but the substance was not included in the version that passed the state Senate by a 33-3 vote on Monday.
  — Christian Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2023
• The purpose of the catalyst, titanium dioxide in this case, is to react with the micropollutants and help remove them in the process.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 23 Jan. 2023
• The ingredients to look for to find those products are zinc oxide and titanium dioxide, Burns said.
  — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 5 May 2022
• Even so, by 1570, the Inca had stopped using titanium dioxide.
  — Adam Rogers, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2021
• Twin Pines wants to mine titanium dioxide that is primarily used to produce white pigment for paints and paper.
  — Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2020
• Preferably the sunscreen should contain physical blockers such as zinc and/or titanium dioxide and an SPF of at least 30.
  — Lauren Valenti, Marie Claire, 14 Mar. 2017
• And more than 98% of that money came from a single division: the titanium dioxide business that makes paint and ceramics pigments.
  — Tatyana Shumsky, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2017
• To reap the benefits of broad-spectrum SPF 50, ceramides, and hyaluronic acid, glide on this zinc and titanium dioxide-powered sunscreen anytime.
  — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2022
• The researchers’ next step is more complete real-world testing at Iowa pig farms, including coating barn ceilings and walls with the titanium dioxide and hitting it with black light.
  — Andrew Amelinckx, Smithsonian, 27 Oct. 2017
• The titanium dioxide that Twin Pines Minerals wants to mine is primarily used to produce white pigment for paints and paper.
  — Washington Post, 19 July 2019
• Shoppers with darker skin tones should avoid mineral sunscreens with zinc oxide or titanium dioxide, which can leave behind a gray or ashen film.
  — Nia Decaille, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2020
• Travelers instead may use reef-safe sunscreens made with minerals such as zinc oxide and titanium dioxide (here’s a list of hundreds of coral-safe sunscreens to try).
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2019
• Skittles, a popular candy in the US, contain titanium dioxide for better color and longer shelf life.
  — Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 30 May 2023
• Combined with the trap’s UV light, the titanium dioxide coating produces a carbon dioxide trail that impersonates human breath to lure flying insects to the trap.
  — Kate Oczypok, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2023
• Are there better ways to evaluate titanium dioxide in food?
  — Sam Jones, Scientific American, 29 July 2022
• For a range of ultraviolet wavelengths, the lens — made of a stack of silver and titanium dioxide layers — has a refractive index of -1, roughly equal and opposite to that of air.
  — Quanta Magazine, 8 Aug. 2013
• The nanoparticles in sunscreen, for example, are made of zinc oxide or titanium dioxide.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 24 Feb. 2012
• This one is in an ultra-hydrating gel formula (backed by hyaluronic acid and squalane), and uses a mineral, titanium dioxide, for its SPF 30 shield.
  — Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2022
• His team tested substances such as titanium dioxide and calcium carbonate and made a cooling but less reflective paint out of the latter last year.
  — Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American, 21 May 2021
• There are a number of very good, new options that have evolved the more primitive zinc and titanium dioxide formulas that were notorious for leaving behind a white cast.
  — Celia Ellenberg, Vogue, 2 June 2021
• Decades ago, the sunscreens that Americans were dabbing on their noses were often mineral concoctions, like zinc oxide and titanium dioxide, that sat on the skin in a thick white cream and physically blocked the sun’s rays.
  — Kim Tingley, New York Times, 23 July 2019
• Interest in the concept has soared ever since a team of HP researchers succeeded in developing a memristor based on a thin film of titanium dioxide in 2008.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 25 May 2012
• The maker of titanium dioxide pigment posted revenue of $458.6 million in the period.
  — Dallas News, 6 Nov. 2020
• The maker of titanium dioxide pigments posted revenue of $416.9 million in the period.
  — Dallas News, 5 Nov. 2020
• The company wants to mine titanium dioxide less than 4 miles (6.4 kilometers) from the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.
  — Washington Post, 19 July 2019
• Dobos says there are four main pigments used to create different skin tones: titanium dioxide, red iron oxide, yellow iron oxide and black iron oxides.
  — Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure, 9 July 2018
• And coating concrete and asphalt surfaces with titanium dioxide—which is also found in sunscreen—can help keep their temperature down.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 12 July 2023
• Mineral sunscreens work as a shield, blocking the sun's rays from penetrating the skin, thanks to ingredients like zinc oxide or titanium dioxide.
  — Rebecca Dance, Allure, 20 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024