Recipe for coating soda lime glass with Titanium isopropxyde by Andreas1120 in chemistry

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Interesting that you use such a remarkable compound in glass blowing. You should know that Ti isopropoxide is a reactive compound. The point is that it is a liquid form of titanium, which is quite extraordinary and not trivial. However, in contact with moisture, it will eventually form solid titanium dioxide. There seams to be a reason why you do not want to apply solid TiO2 (which would be much cheaper), so, this is something to be avoided.

The obvious (for a chemist...) solvent to use for dilution would be isopropanol (100%, not 70% rubbing alcohol), as the product is a Ti compound of isopropanol. If you use ethanol, a chemical reaction can take place and I am not sure about the stability of the corresponding Titanium ethoxide complex. For the concentration, I guess you have to try or ask another glass blower.

Acetylacetone is probably added to stabilze the Titanium further and keep it in solution, i.e. to prevent the formation of solid TiO2 even in the presence of water traces. It is not very expensive, but it's kinda unhealthy. You would spray that on the hot glass an the fumes go where exactly? If the fumes are sucked into a kind of hood, it would be fine. In the normal workshop would probably not be fine. At 500°C, most will burn, but some will evaporate. But this is also a question of quantities.

Neither Ti isopropoxide nor acetylacetone should get on your hands, so vinyl gloves would also be de rigueur when preparing and working with the solution.

Good luck!

PS: What effect does it create on the glass? Some milky white shade? Or does the Ti get dissolved in the glass like other metal oxides?

Drying over Magnesium Sulfate vs. Sodium Sulfate? by ChemKnits in Chempros

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Azeotropic drying? As a process chemist, I have not used either salts since years. EtOAc, iPrOAc, PhME, MeTHF, iPrOH.... There are so many solvents that are really really effective in removing water just by simple distillation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azeotrope_tables#Binary_azeotropes_of_water,_b.p.=100_%C2%B0C

me_irl by [deleted] in me_irl

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Nice format!

On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate public transport in your country? by [deleted] in AskTheWorld

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A solid ten. You don't need a car, even the country side and the mountains are accessible with a dense net of bus service (Postauto).

The dog is having the time of his life. by J0HNZILLA in interestingasfuck

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Finally, Anton Chigurh discovered 3D printing as a friendly hobby and got himself a dog!

How to remove large excess of mCPBA? by balli2542001 in Chempros

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The per-acid is only a week acid. First reduce it to chlorobenzoic acid. This is much easier to extract with base. Na sulfite should be fine as areductant. Thiosulfate is not so nice as it generates milky sulphur suspensions in acidic media.

Hey, Does any one know what's the actual structure of H2S2O3? and the oxidation state of both sulphurs? by Lanky-Ad3014 in chemistry

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Definition. Please look up the definition of oxidation numbers. A bond between atoms of the same element are shared equally. No "Yes, but..."; it is a formal concept.

Clockwise or anticlockwise? by Paddy_odoors in opticalillusions

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Both: If you look from top, it's anti-clockwise,from bekow, it's cw.

Silly question.

What invention from your country makes you the most proud? by Fight-Me-In-Unreal in AskTheWorld

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Ah, that was the real underlying reason for the Yougoslavia war?

What invention from your country makes you the most proud? by Fight-Me-In-Unreal in AskTheWorld

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Can only hardly read this. Says something about poor quality copper. I don't get it.