TY - JOUR
T1 - Novel metallurgical process for titanium production
AU - Shuqiang, Jiao
AU - Hongmin, Zhu
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China. The authors gratefully acknowledge helpful discussions with Prof. Xuefan Gu (Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Science and Technology Beijing).
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - In this work, a consumable anode composed of a solid solution of titanium carbide and titanium monoxide was prepared via carbothermic reduction of TiO2. Upon electrolysis, the anode fed Ti2+ into solution and carbon monoxide was generated; no excess carbon remained to contaminate the melt. On the cathode, high-purity titanium (>99.9%) was produced. Our results suggest anode and cathode current efficiencies of 93.5% and 89% respectively, indicating that the method is viable and extremely cost-effective, potentially dropping the cost of titanium to near that of aluminum.
AB - In this work, a consumable anode composed of a solid solution of titanium carbide and titanium monoxide was prepared via carbothermic reduction of TiO2. Upon electrolysis, the anode fed Ti2+ into solution and carbon monoxide was generated; no excess carbon remained to contaminate the melt. On the cathode, high-purity titanium (>99.9%) was produced. Our results suggest anode and cathode current efficiencies of 93.5% and 89% respectively, indicating that the method is viable and extremely cost-effective, potentially dropping the cost of titanium to near that of aluminum.
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U2 - 10.1557/jmr.2006.0268
DO - 10.1557/jmr.2006.0268
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33845648376
VL - 21
SP - 2172
EP - 2175
JO - Journal of Materials Research
JF - Journal of Materials Research
SN - 0884-2914
IS - 9
ER -