JP2003081634A - Method for producing metal titanate compound having specified shape - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To produce a metal titanate compound with a specified shape of the fibrous, flaky, planar, spherical or the like by a simple process with high efficiency. SOLUTION: Titanate with a specified shape is used as the raw material, and a bivalent metal titanate compound in which the specified shape of the raw material is almost retained is produced. In this production method, (1) a titanate with a specified shape, (2) one or more kinds of compounds selected from bivalent metal sulfate, metal borate, metal molybdate and metal tungstate (hereinafter referred to as bivalent metal sulfate or the like), (3) one or more kinds of halogenated alkali metal salts, and, if required, (4) one or more kinds of bivalent metal oxides or compounds to form into bivalent metal oxides by heating (hereinafter referred to as bivalent metal oxide or the like) are mixed, and this mixture is subjected to heating reaction, so that the bivalent metal titanate compound expressed by the general formula of nMO.TiO2 (wherein, M is one or more kinds of bivalent metallic elements, and n is the actual number satisfying 0<n<=1) is produced.

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Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention can be used as a filler for paints and resins, as well as cosmetics, pigments, etc., and has high dielectric properties, heat resistance, reinforcement, slidability, ultraviolet shielding properties, etc. The present invention relates to a method for producing a metal titanate compound having a specific shape, which can utilize the performance.

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PRIOR ART AND PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED BY THE INVENTION General formula nMO.TiO ₂ (where M represents one or more kinds of divalent metal elements, and n represents a real number of 0 <n ≦ 1). The metal titanate compound to be used has properties such as heat resistance, heat insulation, high dielectric property, and ultraviolet shielding property, and is generally known as a material for fine ceramics. As a method for producing a metal titanate compound having shape anisotropy, a fibrous barium titanate is obtained by mixing and firing potassium titanate fiber and barium oxide or a compound that becomes barium oxide by heating. Kaisho 16-1624
No. 03 publication. However, according to this method, a large amount of barium titanate, which is in the form of particles due to the collapse of the shape of the potassium titanate fiber, is formed and becomes a mixture with the fibrous substance, so that a single particle form cannot be obtained.

Further, fibrous titanic acid, a divalent metal oxide or a compound which becomes a divalent metal oxide by heating, and a flux component are mixed and reacted by heating to obtain a fibrous metal titanate. As JP-A-63-2
It is disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 60822. Further, the fibrous titanic acid is obtained by mixing the fibrous alkali titanate, a divalent metal oxide, a compound that becomes a divalent metal oxide by heating or a halide of the metal, and a flux component, and reacting by heating. It is disclosed in JP-A-2-164800 that a metal salt can be obtained.

However, in these methods, only fibrous substances are obtained as products, and plate-like, scale-like,
No spherical shape was obtained. Further, since a flux component is used in addition to the raw material, there is a drawback that the yield of the product relative to the charged raw material is low and the production efficiency is poor.
Further, fibrous materials are excellent in mechanical strength reinforcement, etc., but plate-like and scale-like materials are suitable for high dielectric properties, UV shielding properties, etc. For example, a spherical shape is suitable, and a filler of each shape is required.

The objects of the present invention are fibrous, scale-like, plate-like,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for producing a metal titanate compound capable of producing a divalent metal titanate compound having a specific shape such as a sphere in a simple process and with high efficiency.

[0006]

The present invention is a method for producing a titanate compound of a divalent metal in which a titanate having a specific shape is used as a raw material and the specific shape of the raw material is substantially maintained. ) Titanate having a specific shape, and (2)
One or more compounds selected from divalent metal sulfates, metal borates, metal molybdates, and metal tungstates (hereinafter referred to as "divalent metal sulfates");
(3) One or more kinds of alkali metal halides and, if necessary, (4) one or more kinds of divalent metal oxides or compounds which become divalent metal oxides by heating (hereinafter, these metal oxides The compounds and compounds are sometimes referred to as "divalent metal oxides and the like", and the mixture is heated to react to give a compound of the general formula nMO.TiO ₂ (where M is at least one divalent metal). Which represents an element, and n is a real number satisfying 0 <n ≦ 1.), Which is characterized by producing a divalent metal titanate compound.

According to the present invention, fibrous, scale-like, plate-like,
Using a titanate having a specific shape such as a sphere as a raw material, the metal ion in this titanate is replaced with a desired divalent metal ion, and at the same time, the crystal structure is converted to change the specific shape of the raw material titanate. A titanic acid compound of a divalent metal that is substantially maintained can be produced with high efficiency.

As the titanate (1) used in the present invention, conventionally known alkali titanate or the like can be widely used. Specific examples of fibrous materials include K ₂ O.
Potassium titanate metal salts and hydrates of 4TiO ₂ , K ₂ O · 6TiO ₂ , K ₂ O · 8TiO _2, etc., Na ₂ O · Ti
O _2, such as _{Na 2 O · 3TiO 2, Na} 2 O · 5TiO 2 titanate sodium metal salt and hydrate and the like.
Further, specific examples of the spherical substance include potassium titanate metal salts such as K ₂ O · 2TiO ₂ and hydrates. Specific examples of the platelet, the general formula _{A x B y □ z Ti 2-} (y + z) O 4
(Here, A and B are mutually different trivalent metals, □
Indicates a defect site of Ti. x represents a positive real number satisfying 0 <x <1.0, and y and z represent 0 or a positive real number satisfying 0 <y + z <1.0. ) Plate-like titanates represented by Specific examples of the plate-like titanate include K _0.80 Li _0.266 Ti _1.733 O ₄ and K _0.80 Mg _{0.40.
Ti 1.6 0 O 4, K 0.575} Fe 0.575 Ti 1.425 O 4, Cs 0.7
Ti _1.825 □ _0.175 O _{4 and the} like can be mentioned. These compounds are easily produced by various known methods, for example, a sintering method, a flux method, a melt method, a metal alkoxide method, etc., but in order to impart various specific shapes, they are produced by the flux method. Those used are preferably used.

Examples of the divalent metal sulfate and the like (2) used in the present invention include Ba, Ca, Mg and S.
Examples thereof include sulfate, borate, molybdate, and tungstate of one or more metals selected from the group consisting of r, Zn, Pb, Co, and Ni.

Examples of the alkali metal halide (3) used in the present invention include Li, Na, K and C.
Examples thereof include chlorides, bromides, and iodides of alkali metals such as s. Considering the easiness of handling during the manufacturing process, it is desirable to use chloride.

Examples of the divalent metal oxide and the like (4) used in the present invention include divalent metal oxides and compounds which become divalent metal oxides by heating. Examples of the divalent metal oxide include Ba, Ca, Mg, Sr, Zn and P.
Examples include oxides of one or more divalent metals selected from the group consisting of b, Co, Ni and the like. Examples of the compound that becomes a divalent metal oxide by heating include Ba, Ca, Mg, and S.
Inorganic acid salts such as hydroxides, carbonates, nitrates and phosphates of one or more divalent metals selected from the group consisting of r, Zn, Pb, Co and Ni, acetates, oxalates, stearines. Examples thereof include carboxylic acid salts such as acid salts, metal alcoholates, organic compounds such as metal acetyl alcoholates, which are converted into metal oxides at the heating temperature during the production of the metal titanate compound. In the present invention, the divalent metal oxide or the like (4) is a component added as necessary and is an optional component.

The mixing ratio of the respective raw materials of (1), (2), (3) and (4) is such that the divalent metal sulfate etc. to titanium in the titanate (1) and the like (2) and divalent. The ratio R1 of the divalent metal element in the metal oxide (4) of (4) is 0.25 ≦ R1
<5, the ratio R2 of the divalent metal element in the divalent metal sulfate or the like (2) to the alkali metal in the alkali metal halide salt (3) becomes 0 <R2 <2, and the divalent metal sulfuric acid is obtained. The ratio R3 of the divalent metal element in the divalent metal oxide (4) to the divalent metal element in the salt (2) is 0 ≦ R.
It is preferable to mix them so that 3 <2.5. By setting the mixing ratio within such a range, the metal titanate compound can be obtained in a high yield. The above ratios R1, R2 and R3 are ratios represented by the following formulas.

R1 = (divalent metal in divalent metal sulfate (2) and divalent metal oxide (4)) / (Ti in titanate) R2 = (divalent metal sulfuric acid) (Divalent metal in salt (2)) /
(Alkali metal in alkali metal halide salt (3)) R3 = (divalent metal oxide in (4) divalent metal oxide) /
(Divalent Metal in Divalent Metal Sulfate, etc. (2)) The method for mixing the above-mentioned raw materials (1), (2), (3) and (4) is not particularly limited and may be a usual method. A method of mixing using a mixer can be applied. The mixing method is not limited to dry mixing, and may be a method of drying the dried product after wet mixing, or a method of further granulating and drying the wet mixture by spray drying or the like. Good.

In the present invention, the mixture is heated and reacted to produce a metal titanate compound. The reaction temperature is usually preferably about 600 ° C to 1100 ° C, more preferably about 700 ° C to 1000 ° C. Reaction time is 10
Minutes to 12 hours are preferable, and more preferably 1 hour to 10 hours.

In the present invention, after completion of the above reaction, the reaction product is treated with hot water or cold water to remove water-soluble components such as flux. If necessary, this may be washed with an acid or an alkali, and then crushed, dried and classified to recover the desired metal titanate compound. The above-mentioned crushing can be carried out using a general crusher, and the classification is preferably carried out by various known classification methods such as air classification.

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BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to Examples, but the present invention is not limited to the following Examples, and may be appropriately modified within the scope of the gist of the present invention. It can be implemented.

Example 1 Average fiber length 20 μm, average fiber
Potassium titanate with a diameter of 0.4 μm (K₂O ・ 4TiO ₂)
Fiber 10g, Baked gypsum (Wako Pure Chemical Industries, CaSO_Four・
1 / 2H₂O) 5.4 g, potassium chloride (manufactured by Wako Pure Chemical Industries,
Reagent special grade, KCl) 12g, calcium hydroxide (Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.
Company, special grade reagent, Ca (OH)₂) 4.3g homogeneously mixed in a mortar
Combined (R1 = 0.98, R2 = 0.59, R3 =
1.6) 10 g was charged into a cylindrical mold having a diameter of 25 mm and added.
Transfer the pressure-molded product to a mullite crucible, and use a muffle furnace.
Medium, calcined at 950 ° C for 4 hours, then wet in 0.1N nitric acid
The defibrated and washed product is filtered off and dried in a constant temperature dryer at 110 ° C.
It was dried for 3 hours.

The product obtained was 3.6 g, and the result of X-ray diffraction was only perovskite-type calcium titanate. As a result of observing this sample with an electron microscope (SEM), the average fiber length was 17 μm, and the average fiber length was 17 μm. It was a fibrous material having a diameter of 0.5 μm.

Example 2 Potassium titanate (K ₂ O.4Ti) having an average fiber length of 20 μm and an average fiber diameter of 0.4 μm
O ₂ ) fiber 10 g, barium sulfate (manufactured by Wako Pure Chemical Industries, reagent special grade, BaSO ₄ ) 5.8 g, potassium chloride (manufactured by Wako Pure Chemical Industries, reagent special grade, KCl) 7.4 g homogeneously mixed in a mortar ( R1 = 0.26, R2 = 0.25, R3 = 0) 1
0 g was filled in a cylindrical mold having a diameter of 25 mm, and pressure-molded was transferred to a mullite crucible, and 900 m in a muffle furnace.
After firing at 0 ° C for 3 hours, wet defibration and washing in 0.1N nitric acid were separated by furnace and dried for 3 hours in a constant temperature dryer at 110 ° C.

The product obtained was 4.6 g, and the result of X-ray diffraction was only barium tetratitanate. As a result of observing this sample with an electron microscope (SEM), the average fiber length was 16 μm and the average fiber diameter was 16 μm. It was a fibrous material of 0.5 μm.

Example 3 Potassium titanate having an average fiber length of 17 μm and an average fiber diameter of 0.4 μm (T, manufactured by Otsuka Chemical Co., Ltd.)
ISMO-D) fiber 5 g, barium sulfate (manufactured by Wako Pure Chemical Industries,
Reagent special grade, BaSO ₄ ) 14 g, potassium chloride (Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd., reagent special grade, KCl) 18 g, barium carbonate (Wako Pure Chemical Industries, reagent special grade, BaCO ₃ ) 8 g homogeneously mixed in a mortar (R1 = 1.84, R2 = 0.25, R3 = 0.
68) 10 g of a cylindrical metal mold having a diameter of 25 mm was filled and pressure-molded, transferred to a mullite crucible, baked in a muffle furnace at 1000 ° C. for 3 hours, then wet defibrated and washed in 0.1 N nitric acid. The obtained product was separated by furnace and dried in a constant temperature dryer at 110 ° C. for 3 hours.

The amount of the product obtained was 4.5 g, and the result of X-ray diffraction was in agreement with the perovskite type barium titanate. As a result of observing this sample with an electron microscope (SEM), it was a fibrous substance having an average fiber length of 17 μm and an average fiber diameter of 0.4 μm.

Example 4 Potassium titanate (K ₂ O.4TiO ₂ ) having an average fiber length of 20 μm and an average fiber diameter of 0.4 μm
Fiber 5 g, barium sulfate (Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd., reagent special grade, B
aSO ₄ ) 3.2 g, strontium sulfate (Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd., reagent grade, SrSO ₄ ) 2.5 g, potassium chloride (Wako Pure Chemical Industries Ltd, reagent grade, KCl) 8.2 g, barium carbonate (Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.) 1.8g, reagent special grade, BaCO ₃ ), strontium carbonate (manufactured by Wako Pure Chemical Industries, reagent special grade, SrC
A homogeneous mixture of 1.4 g of O ₃ in a mortar (R1 = 0.9
(5, R2 = 0.25, R3 = 0.068) 10 g was charged into a cylindrical mold having a diameter of 25 mm, pressure-molded was transferred to a mullite crucible, and baked in a muffle furnace at 1000 ° C. for 3 hours, The wet defibrated and washed product in 0.1N nitric acid was separated by furnace and dried in a constant temperature dryer at 110 ° C. for 3 hours.

The amount of the obtained product was 4 g, and the result of X-ray diffraction was consistent with that of perovskite type barium strontium titanate (Ba _0.5 Sr _0.5 TiO ₂ ). As a result of observing this sample with an electron microscope (SEM), it was a fibrous material having an average fiber length of 16 μm and an average fiber diameter of 0.5 μm.

Example 5 Sodium trititanate (Otsuka Chemical Co., average fiber length 19 μm, average fiber type 5 μm) 1
0 g, magnesium sulfate (manufactured by Wako Pure Chemical Industries, MgSO ₄ )
7.8 g, potassium chloride (manufactured by Wako Pure Chemical Industries, special grade reagent, K
Cl) 19.3 g, magnesium oxide (manufactured by Wako Pure Chemical Industries, M
(gO) 1.1 g homogeneously mixed in a mortar (R1 = 0.
93, R2 = 0.25, R3 = 0.42) 10 g was charged into a cylindrical mold having a diameter of 25 mm, the pressure-molded product was transferred to a mullite crucible, and baked in a muffle furnace at 900 ° C. for 3 hours, The wet defibrated and washed product in 0.1N nitric acid was separated by furnace and dried in a constant temperature dryer at 110 ° C. for 3 hours.

The amount of the product obtained was 2.5 g, and the result of X-ray diffraction was consistent with that of perovskite-type magnesium titanate. As a result of observing this sample with an electron microscope (SEM), the average fiber length was 16 μm and the average fiber length was 16 μm. It was a columnar product having a diameter of 4 μm.

Example 6 Lithium potassium titanate
(K_0.80Li_0.266Ti_1.733O_Four, Average particle size 9μm, average
Grain thickness 0.8μm) 5g, Baked gypsum (Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.
Made, CaSO_Four・ 1 / 2H ₂O) 5.8 g, potassium chloride
(Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd., reagent grade, KCl) 13.3 g, hydroxylated
Calcium (manufactured by Wako Pure Chemical Industries, special grade reagent, Ca (OH)₂)
A homogeneous mixture of 3.2 g in a mortar (R1 = 1.73,
R2 = 0.22, R3 = 0.61) 10g 25m in diameter
Made in mullite by filling in a cylindrical m mold of m and pressure molding
Transferred to crucible and baked in muffle furnace at 1000 ° C for 3 hours
After that, wet defibration and washing in 0.2N nitric acid is used for each furnace
Then, it was dried in a constant temperature dryer at 110 ° C. for 3 hours.

The obtained product weighed 1.1 g, and the result of X-ray diffraction was only perovskite-type calcium titanate. As a result of observing this sample with an electron microscope (SEM), the average particle size was 9.5 μm, It was a plate-like material having an average particle thickness of 1.2 μm.

(Example 7) 5 g of magnesium potassium titanate (K _0.80 Mg _0.40 Ti _1.60 O ₄ , average particle size 4 μm, average particle thickness 1 μm), strontium sulfate (manufactured by Wako Pure Chemical Industries, special grade reagent, SrSO ₄ ) 4 0.99 g, potassium chloride (Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd. special grade, KCl) 8 g, strontium carbonate (Wako Pure Chemical Industries Ltd. special grade, SrCO ₃ ) 2.4 g homogeneously mixed in a mortar (R1 = 0.98) , R2 = 0.
25, R3 = 0.61) 10 g was filled in a cylindrical mold having a diameter of 25 mm, pressure-molded was transferred to a mullite crucible, and the mixture was baked in a muffle furnace at 1000 ° C. for 3 hours, then 0.2
Wet defibration in normal nitric acid, washed and separated by furnace,
It was dried for 3 hours in a constant temperature oven at ℃.

The obtained product weighed 3.4 g, and the result of X-ray diffraction was in agreement with the perovskite type strontium titanate. As a result of observing this sample with an electron microscope (SEM), the average particle size was 5 μm and the average particle size was 5 μm. It was a plate having a thickness of 1.3 μm.

Example 8 10 g of nearly spherical potassium titanate (K ₂ O.2TiO ₂ , average particle size 20 μm), baked gypsum (CaSO ₄ .1 / 2H ₂ O manufactured by Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.)
7g, potassium chloride (made by Wako Pure Chemical Industries, special grade reagent, KCl)
13 g, calcium hydroxide (manufactured by Wako Pure Chemical Industries, special grade reagent,
2.9 g of Ca (OH) ₂ homogeneously mixed in a mortar (R1
= 0.99, R2 = 0.23, R3 = 0.99) 10 g
Was packed in a cylindrical mold with a diameter of 25 mm, pressure-molded, transferred to a mullite crucible, baked in a muffle furnace at 900 ° C. for 3 hours, then wet defibrated and washed in 0.3 N nitric acid. It was separated by furnace and dried in a constant temperature dryer at 110 ° C. for 3 hours.

The obtained product was 2.8 g, and the result of X-ray diffraction was only perovskite-type calcium titanate. As a result of observing this sample with an electron microscope (SEM), spherical particles having an average particle size of 18 μm Met.

Example 9 Potassium titanate having an average fiber length of 17 μm and an average fiber diameter of 0.4 μm (T, manufactured by Otsuka Chemical Co., Ltd.)
5 g of ISMO-D fiber, barium borate (Ba ₃ (B
O ₃ ) ₂ ) 4.8 g, potassium chloride (manufactured by Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd., reagent grade, KCl) 4.1 g, barium carbonate (Wako Pure Chemical Industries Ltd, reagent grade, BaCO ₃ ) 5.4 g are homogeneously mixed in a mortar. (R1 = 0.98, R2 = 0.5, R3 = 1) 10 g was filled in a cylindrical mold having a diameter of 25 mm, and pressure-molded was transferred to a mullite crucible at 1000 ° C. in a muffle furnace. After calcination for 3 hours, wet defibration and washing in 0.1N nitric acid were separated by furnace and dried in a constant temperature dryer at 110 ° C. for 3 hours.

The amount of the obtained product was 5.7 g, and the result of X-ray diffraction was in agreement with the perovskite type barium titanate. As a result of observing this sample with an electron microscope (SEM), it was a fibrous material having an average fiber length of 16 μm and an average fiber diameter of 0.4 μm.

(Embodiment 10) Alkali titanate potassium
Mu (K₂O ・ 2TiO₂, Average particle size 20 μm) 10 g,
Lead nungstate (Albrich, PbWO_Four) 18
g, potassium chloride (Wako Pure Chemical Industries, special grade reagent, KCl)
5.8 g, basic lead carbonate (2PbCO manufactured by Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd. ₃・
Pb (OH)₂) 10g homogenously mixed in a mortar (R1 =
1, R2 = 0.51, R3 = 0.97) 10g diameter 2
Fill a 5 mm cylindrical mold and press-mold it.
Transfer to a crucible made from Toh and in a muffle furnace at 1000 ° C for 3 hours
After firing, wet defibration and washing in 0.3N nitric acid
It was separated by furnace and dried in a constant temperature dryer at 110 ° C. for 3 hours.

The product obtained was 5 g, the result of X-ray diffraction was only perovskite type lead titanate, and this sample was observed by an electron microscope (SEM). As a result, it was found that the particles were spherical particles having an average particle size of 22 μm. It was

(Example 11) 10 g of nearly spherical potassium titanate (K ₂ O.2TiO ₂ , average particle size 20 μm), lead molybdate (PbMoO ₄ manufactured by Aldrich) 12.
8 g, potassium chloride (Wako Pure Chemical Industries, special grade reagent, KCl)
5.8 g, basic lead carbonate (Aldrich, 2Pb
10 g of CO ₃ · Pb (OH) ₂ mixed homogeneously in a mortar (R1 = 0.94, R2 = 0.51, R3 = 0.98)
10 g of a cylindrical metal mold with a diameter of 25 mm was filled, and pressure-molded was transferred to a mullite crucible and placed in a muffle furnace for 10
After calcination at 00 ° C for 3 hours, wet defibration in 0.3N nitric acid,
The washed product was separated by furnace and dried in a constant temperature dryer at 110 ° C. for 3 hours.

The product obtained was 5.5 g, and the result of X-ray diffraction was only perovskite-type lead titanate. As a result of observing this sample with an electron microscope (SEM), spherical particles having an average particle size of 21 μm were obtained. Met.

[0039]

According to the present invention, a divalent metal titanate compound having a specific shape such as fibrous, scale-like, plate-like or spherical shape can be produced by a simple production process. Therefore,
According to the present invention, the process control is easy and the yield of the target product with respect to the charged raw materials is high. Therefore, the production method of the present invention is an industrially advantageous production method as a method for producing a metal titanate compound having a specific shape.

Continued front page    (72) Inventor Harue Matsunaga             463 Kagasuno, Kawauchi Town, Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture             Tokushima Research Institute F-term (reference) 4G047 CA06 CB04 CC01 CC02 CC03                       CD05 CD08

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A method for producing a titanate compound of a divalent metal in which a titanate having a specific shape is used as a raw material, and the specific shape of the raw material is substantially maintained, (1) Titanium having the specific shape Acid salt, and one or more compounds selected from (2) divalent metal sulfate, metal borate, metal molybdate, and metal tungstate (hereinafter referred to as “divalent metal sulfate, etc.”) , (3) one or more alkali metal halide salts, and optionally (4)
One or more kinds of divalent metal oxides or compounds that become divalent metal oxides by heating (hereinafter, "divalent metal oxides and the like")
, And the mixture is heated and reacted to produce nMO.TiO ₂ (where M represents one or more divalent metal elements, and n is a real number satisfying 0 <n ≦ 1). .)
A method for producing a metal titanate compound having a specific shape, which comprises producing a divalent metal titanate compound represented by: 2. A divalent metal sulfate or the like (2) and a divalent metal oxide or the like (4) for titanium in the titanate (1).
The ratio R1 of the divalent metal element in the above is 0.25 ≦ R1 <5, and the divalent metal sulfate in (2) to the alkali metal in the alkali metal halide (3), etc. Is 0 <R2 <2, and the ratio R3 of the divalent metal element in the divalent metal oxide (4) to the divalent metal element in the divalent metal sulfate (2) is 0 ≦ R3 <
2. The metal titanate compound having a specific shape according to claim 1, wherein the respective raw materials of (1), (2), (3) and (4) are mixed so as to be 2.5. Production method. 3. The specific shape according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the compound which becomes a divalent metal oxide by heating is a divalent metal hydroxide or a divalent metal carbonate. A method for producing a metal titanate compound having the same. 4. Titanate (1) is a fibrous K ₂ O.4
TiO ₂ or the general formula _{A x B y □ z Ti 2-} (y + z) O 4 ( where,, A and B are mutually different monovalent to trivalent metal, □ the Ti
The defect site of is shown. x represents a positive real number satisfying 0 <x <1.0, and y and z represent 0 or a positive real number satisfying 0 <y + z <1.0. 4. The method for producing a metal titanate compound having a specific shape according to any one of claims 1 to 3, which is a plate titanate represented by the formula (4).