Process for the production of metallic titanium and intermediates useful in the processing of ilmenite and related minerals
AssigneeThe University of Melbourne
InventorsThomas A. O'Donnell, John Besida, Tersesa K. H. Pong, David G. Wood
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Abstract
The invention relates to a process for the production of metallic titanium, characterized in that the process comprises reducing a titanium-fluorine compound selected from titanium tetrafluoride and any hexafluorotitanate soluble in a molten fluoroaluminate, with metallic aluminum in a molten fluoroaluminate. A process for the production of intermediates useful in the processing ilmenite and related minerals is also described.
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A process for the production of metallic titanium comprising reducing a titanium-fluorine compound selected from titanium tetrafluoride and any hexafluorotitanate soluble in a molten fluoroaluminate, with metallic aluminium in a molten fluoroaluminate.
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