What happens to titanium tetrachloride when it enters the environment?
• Titanium tetrachloride enters the environment primarily in the air from factories that make or use it in various chemical processes, or as a result of spills. • If moisture is in the air, titanium tetrachloride reacts rapidly with it to form hydrochloric acid and other titanium compounds, such as titanium hydroxide and titanium oxychlorides. • Some of the titanium compounds may settle out to soil or water. In water, they sink into the bottom sediments. • The titanium compounds may remain for a long time in the soil or sediments. • Some other titanium compounds, such as titanium dioxide, are also found in air and water.
