Article ID

2000Bdb1012

Title

Titanium Powder Preparation from TiCl4 in the Molten Salt


Author(s)

R. O. Suzuki, T. N. Deura, R. Ishii, T. Matsunaga, T. N. Harada, M. Wakino and K. Ono



Publication/Publisher

Proc. of 2000 Powder and Powder Metallurgy World Congress, (13-18 Nov. 2000, Kyoto, Japan), Ed. by K.Kosuge and H.Nagai, (Jpn. Soc Powder and Powder Metallurgy, Tokyo, Japan) pp.401-404, (2000).



Abstract


Two processes are proposed to produce Ti powder directly from TiCl4 gas using molten magnesium as reductant. TiCl4 gas injection into a liquid Mg layer through the molten chloride salts could produce the Ti powder of 1 to 10 mm in diameter. Neither the operation temperature nor the salt composition affected the powder morphology. When TiCl4 was dissolved once in the molten salt as Ti2+, and when Mg successively reduced this Ti2+, the Ti morphology varied from the needle-like to the round shape by raising the reduction temperature.