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US 2007/0181436 A1Published application
Production of Titanium
OwnerKannapar Mukunthan, Ivan Ratchev +1inventors
InventorsKannapar Mukunthan, Ivan Ratchev, Andrew Shook
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Abstract
A method of producing titanium semi-finished or ready-to-use products from titanium oxide powders and/or pellets is disclosed. The method produces products that are not affected adversely by levels of chlorine that have an impact on performance, particularly weldability, of products made by other methods.
Claims24
A method of producing titanium products comprising:
- (a) electrochemically reducing titanium oxide in an electrolytic cell that includes an anode, a cathode, and a molten electrolyte that includes cations of a metal that is capable of chemically reducing titanium oxide and chloride anions;
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- (b) processing the titanium product of step (a) and forming one of a semi-finished or ready-to-use product having a concentration of chlorine of at least 100 ppm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.