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Vast amounts of barium sulfate are used to whiten paper, which is often burned, and no one worries about that.
by Turing_Machine 5y ago
Vast amounts of barium sulfate are used to whiten paper, which is often burned, and no one worries about that.
- pfdietz 5y agoIsn't that titanium dioxide?
- adrian_b 5y agoTitanium dioxide a.k.a. titanium white is a different white pigment. Most white paints used nowadays contain titanium white. Nevertheless, many white plastics contain other white pigments instead of titanium white. Titanium white itself is inert, but when it is exposed to the sun light it can catalyze the destruction of organic substances like plastics or paint binders that have not been selected to be resistant to this. So when using titanium white outdoors, the white paint must be specified as UV resistant. I have not heard about paper that uses titanium white. That might be due to the higher cost of titanium white, which might be too much compared to the cost of paper.