The common Ionic Charges of Titanium (Ti) are 3+ and 4+.
But the question is how can you find the ionic charge on Titanium (Ti)?
Well, titanium is a transition element and all the transition and post-transition elements have a variable ionic charge.
The ionic charge of titanium (or any other transition or post transition elements) depends on what it is bonded with.
So let’s try to find out the ionic charge of Titanium (Ti) using some examples.
You can also refer to the below video from which you will learn to find charge of any ion.
How to find the ionic charge of Titanium (Ti)?
As I mentioned earlier, the ionic charge of Titanium (Ti) can be found out by looking at what it is bonded with.
So let’s take examples of compounds of Titanium (Ti) like TiCl3, Ti2O3, TiO2, etc.
Example 1: TiCl3
In TiCl3, the Titanium (Ti) is bonded to Chlorine (Cl).
You know that the ionic charge of Cl is 1-.
So you can easily say that the ionic charge of Ti should be 3+, then only it will get canceled out.
Hence the ionic charge of Titanium in TiCl3 is 3+.
Example 2: Ti2O3
In Ti2O3, the Titanium (Ti) is bonded to Oxygen (O).
And again, you know that the ionic charge of O is 2-.
So here also you can easily say that the ionic charge of Ti should be 3+, then only it will get canceled out.
Hence the ionic charge of Titanium in Ti2O3 is 3+.
Example 3: TiO2
Similarly in TiO2, the Titanium (Ti) is bonded to Oxygen (O).
And you know that the ionic charge of O is 2-.
So from this, you can easily say that the ionic charge of Ti should be 4+, then only it will get canceled out.
Hence the ionic charge of Titanium in TiO2 is 4+.
In this way, Titanium can have variable charges depending on what it is bonded to.
But as seen from the above examples,
The most common charges of Titanium (Ti) are 3+ and 4+.
I hope you have understood why titanium has variable ionic charges.
Check out some other related topics for your practice.
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Charge of Gallium (Ga)
Charge of Silicon (Si)
Charge on HCl (Hydrochloric acid)
Charge of CH3
Charge of Rubidium (Rb)
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