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Why rutile used in paper industry as opacifier? ​

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It is used in such good quality papers that need high opacity, higher brightness and whiteness such as offset papers and bible papers. ... But only rutile and anatase are used in paper mill industries. Both are tetragonal crystalline system. Rutile has higher refractive index than anatase.
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