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[AdmiralDonSnider]

Although Lancaster states titanium dioxide (TiO2) is only (rarely) used for some smokes or paints, I´ve recently heard about the possibility to make nice white stars with this cheap and easy to obtain (-->pottery) material.
Unfortunately I never managed to find any useful formula....any ideas?

Thanks!

[Arthur Brown]

With titanium oxide being the product of burning titanium there would be little point in putting it into a comp as it should be almost inert.

Dispersed as a smoke there may be some point in it's use.

[MDH]

It can also be used to catalyze whistle compositions.

[Mumbles]

TiO2 should be an excellent white emitter. The same way MgO and Al2O3 are. Unfortunately, you will need a very hot flame to get it up to appropriate temperatures. Theres a good reason why we start from Mg and Al, and not the oxides, to make white stars. I'd think that anything you could get up to appropriate temperatures, would already be burning white as is.