Manufacture of titanium dioxide There are two main processes the Sulfate Process and the Chloride Process Table 1 which use the two principal ores ilmenite and rutile respectively Ilmenite contains 45 60% TiO 2 and rutile contains up to 99% TiO 2 The ores are mined worldwide but most production is in Australia and South Africa
Get PriceRichards Bay Minerals Process Flow Basic reactions in ilmenite smelting are Reduction of FeO from slag FeO C → Fe CO Partial reduction of TiO 2 from slag TiO 2 1/2 C → TiO 1 5 1/2 CO Watch the video below to see the production process at Tizir Titanium & Iron in Senegal and Norway TiZir Titanium and Iron Watch on Production Technologies
Get PriceTitanium is made by a batch process In the production of iron for example there is a continuous flow through the Blast Furnace Iron ore and coke and limestone are added to the top and iron and slag removed from the bottom This is a very efficient way of making something With titanium however you make it one batch at a time
Get PriceNearly all of the titania used in this country is produced from titanium ore mostly titanium and iron oxides by the chloride process which goes through a TiCl4 intermediate Although TiO 2 is viewed as an inert chemical the crystal is defective lacking 1 oxygen atom in about 100 000
Get PriceTitanium alloy smelting methods are generally divided into 1 Vacuum consumable arc furnace melting method; 2 Non consumable vacuum arc furnace melting method; 3 Cold hearth melting method; 4 Cold pot melting method; 5 Electroslag melting Five methods 1 Vacuum consumable arc furnace melting method abbreviated as VAR method
Get PriceTitanium and iron are closely related in nature Therefore for both environmental and economic reasons the fate of iron may be very crucial for the titanium extraction industry Smelting of ilmenite to produce titania slag allows for the recovery of iron as high purity pig iron
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Get PriceBoth processes produce titanium in the form of a highly porous material called sponge with the salts NaCl or MgCl 2 entrapped in the pores The sponge is crushed and the metal and salts are separated by either a dilute acid leach or by high temperature vacuum distillation
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Get PriceThanks to a metallurgical innovation in the 1930s called the Knox process commercial forging of titanium went into full swing in the 1940s and 1950s The first application was in military aircraft and submarines both American and Russian and then commercial aircraft in the 1960s One of the most common corrosive oxides is iron oxide
Get PriceProduct Specifications All three processes produce a commercial product that is a high purity TiO2 powder rutile or anatase Key factors are a high Lightness >99 b high crystallinity and c consistent sub micron particle size Each of the key desired characteristics is illustrated in the figures below
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Get PriceThe titanium tetrachloride is then sent directly into vessels containing molten magnesium In order to avoid oxygen contamination this is made inert through the addition of argon gas During the consequent distillation process which can take a number of days the vessel is heated to 1832°F 1000°C
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Get PriceC22B34/125 — Obtaining titanium or titanium compounds from ores or scrap by metallurgical processing; preparation of titanium compounds from other titanium compounds see C01G23/00 C01G23/08 obtaining titanium or titanium compounds from ores or scrap by wet processes e g by leaching using acidic solutions or liquors containing a sulfur ion
Get PriceThe plant is unique as the production involves a two stage process Prereduction in a rotary kiln Smelting in an electric furnace During the prereduction process ilmenite is pelletized and pre reduced with coal in a rotary kiln before the pre reduced pellets are fed to the three phase arc furnace
Get PriceThe ore begins in a fluidized bed reactor which produces purified titanium oxide The purified titanium oxide is then oxidized with chlorine to produce titanium tetrachloride The impurities are then fractionally distilled The product is then moved into a stainless steel reactor where it is mixed with magnesium in an atmosphere of argon
Get PriceAlthough the sulfate process involving concentrated sulfuric acid tolerates low grade ilmenite with a feedstock comprising a finely ground ilmenite concentrate of a minimum 44% TiO 2 or a sulfatable titanium slag of 78% TiO 2 the process is environmentally hazardous and the byproduct iron sulfate is considered as a waste 5 On the other hand
Get PriceThe Kroll Process Regardless of the final usage titanium must first be removed from its ore and turned into pure titanium This is done by processing titanium oxide manufactured from either ilmenite or rutile though the Kroll process The output is a titanium sponge which is purified melted and alloyed with other metals
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Get PriceThe aging temperature and time should be chosen to obtain the best overall performance criteria with a general aging temperature of 500 600 ℃ in α β type titanium alloy and time of 4 12h The aging temperature of β type titanium alloy is 450 550℃ time is 8 24h and the cooling method is air cooling
Get PriceThe separation of the iron lifts the titanium dioxide content from approximately 54% in the ilmenite to approximately 87% in the slag High purity pig iron a valuable co product The high purity pig iron produced as part of the smelting process which is renowned for its low phosphorus and sulphur contents is sold to a varied and large
Get PriceThe earliest discoverer of titanium was Reverend William Gregor from England a British priest and amateur mineralogist In 1791 he found some black sand that would be attracted by magnets by a small stream near Manaccan England and analyzed that it contained iron oxide and an unidentifiable metal oxide Reverend William Gregor
Get PriceSee more Iron products Iron atomic symbol Fe atomic number 26 is a Block D Group 8 Period 4 element with an atomic weight of 55 845 The number of electrons in each of Iron s shells is 2 8 14 2 and its electron configuration is [Ar] 3d 6 4s 2 The iron atom has a radius of 126 pm and a Van der Waals radius of 194 pm Iron was discovered by humans before 5000 BC
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