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ALTHOUGH titanium is determined colorimetrically in aqueous sulphuric acid medium in presence of excess of hydrogen peroxide, the nature of the colour-forming species is not known definitely. Schwarz1 suggested that the colour was due to the peroxo–disulphato titanate anion [O2Ti(SO4)2]2−. On the other hand, Jahr2 and later Gastinger3 considered that the colour of the compound was due to the peroxy titanyl cation [TiO2 aq.]2+, and suggested the following equilibrium in solution: Schaeppi and Treadwell4 attributed the colour bo O2TiSO4 or [O2Ti(SO4)2]2−, whereas Babko and Volkova5 represented the coloured complex ion as [Ti(H2O2)]4+. Mori, Shibata, Kyuno and Ito6 regarded the coloured species as [TiO2 aq.]2+ or [Ti(OH)2 (H2O)(H2O2)]2+, assuming the co-ordination number of titanium to be four. Thus, a variety of constitutions has been proposed to explain the colour-forming species of the titanium complex, based on the investigations carried out in dilute sulphuric acid medium, but the complex has not been isolated so far.
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PATEL, C., MOHAN, M. Nature of the Colour-forming Species in Peroxy Titanium Sulphate. Nature 186, 803–804 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/186803a0
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