Abstract: Dispersions of titanium dioxide in various media have been known but there has been an increasing demand for the use of titanium dioxide as an absorber for UV light while remaining substantially transparent to visible light. Hitherto it has not been practical to prepare a high solids content oil dispersion of such material having an extremely high maximum extinction coefficient in the ultra violet range of wavelengths.Such a dispersion has now been developed in an oil of particles of titanium dioxide having an average size from 0.01 to 0.15 micron and an organic dispersing agent in which dispersion the amount of said particles are such that the dispersion has a solid content greater than 40% by weight. The dispersion has a maximum extinction co-efficient in the ultra violet range of wavelengths of at least 40 liters per gram per cm.

Abstract: There is an increasing demand for products which are effective in the absorbancy of UV light but still remain transparent to visible light. Titanium dioxide has been proposed for this use.A new form of titanium dioxide has been developed which is very effective in use and which is acicular in shape and having a ratio of the largest dimension to the shortest within the range 8:1 to 2:1 and wherein the largest dimension is from 0.01 to 0.15 micron and in which the particles have a coating of a hydrous oxide of aluminium and of silicon in a weight ratio of at least 1.5 and not greater than 4.5 expressed as the oxides. The materials are eminently suitable for use in cosmetics and other skin care products.