What are the properties of titanium dioxide? What are the main functions?

Titanium dioxide is a white pigment, and its scientific name is titanium dioxide. As an important inorganic chemical product, it has been widely used in coatings, inks, plastics, rubber, paper, ceramics, synthetic fibers and other fields in recent years, and has developed rapidly. At present, nearly 60% of the consumption of titanium dioxide in the world is used for coatings, 16% for plastics, 14% for papermaking, 3% for printing ink, and 7% for others (including rubber, cosmetics, medicine, enamel and chemical fiber, etc.). ).