公开(公告)号：US3736132A

公开(公告)日：1973-05-29

申请号：US3736132D

申请日：1971-12-17

申请人： STEEL CORP

发明人： MORSE H H ,  EASTERDAY C L ,  EASTERDAY D E ,  PLOCK L S ,  MORGAN F K

IPC分类号： C22B34/14 ,  B22F3/10 ,  C22B5/02 ,  C22B34/10 ,  C22B34/12 ,  B22F1/00 ,  C22B53/00 ,  C22B61/02

CPC分类号： C22B34/10 ,  C22B34/1272

摘要： A PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF TITANIUM FROM TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE BY REDUCTION WITH SODIUM, IN WHICH A PARTIALLY REDUCED MATERIAL PRINCIPALLY CORRESPONDING TO NA2TICL4 IS CONTINUOUSLY FORMED, IS IMPROVED BY CONTINUOUSLY MIXING THE PARTIALLY REDUCED MATERIAL WITH SODIUM AT A TEMPERATURE BELOW ABOUT 200*C. SO AS TO FORM AN INTERMEDIATE MATERIAL CORRESPONDING TO AT LEAST 15% BY WEIGHT NA3TICL4, COMPACTING THE INTERMEDIATE MATERIAL AT A TEMPERATURE OF LESS THAN 100*C. TO FORM A CONTINUOUS ROD OF THE COMPOSITE MATERIAL WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL FURTHER REDUCTION OF THE TITANIUM CHLORIDE CONTENT THEREOF AND CONTINUOUSLY HEATING THE ROD FORMED AT TEMTERATURES ABOUT 800*C. TO COMPLETE REDUCTION OF TITANIUM CHLORIDE COMPONENT THEREOF, TO EFFECT SINTERING OF THE RESULTING TITANIUM METAL, AND TTO SIMULTANEOUSLY MELT THE SALT BY-PRODUCT AND THEREBY FACILITATE SEPARATION AND REMOVAL OF THE SALT FROM THE ROD-SHAPED, SINTERED TITANIUM METAL PRODUCT.