What is "titanium hydride"

n. (context inorganic compound English) The binary compound of titanium and hydrogen, TiH₂, that is used in metallurgy etc. and, together with an oxidant, in pyrotechnic devices

Titanium hydride normally refers to the inorganic compound TiH and related nonstoichiometric materials. It is commercially available as a stable grey/black powder, which is used as an additive in the production of Alnico sintered magnets, in the sintering of powdered metals, the production of metal foam, the production of powdered titanium metal and in pyrotechnics.

Titanium(IV) hydride (systematically named titanium tetrahydride) is an inorganic compound with the empirical chemical formula . It has not yet been obtained in bulk, hence its bulk properties remain unknown. However, molecular titanium(IV) hydride has been isolated in solid gas matrices. The molecular form is a colourless gas, and very unstable toward thermal decomposition. As such the compound is not well characterised, although many of its properties have been calculated via computational chemistry.