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Preparation of Titanium Tetrachloride from Rutile

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A method for preparing titanium tetrachloride is described which consists of reducing rutile with coke and chlorinating the reduced product at 200° to 500°C. The crude distillate is purified by treatment with copper powder and distillation. Recoveries, exceeding 90 pet of the titanium in the rutile, were obtained.

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  1. U. S. Bureau of Mines, Rolla, Mo., USA

    C. H. Gorski (Member AIME, Metallurgist)

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Discussion on this paper, TP 2995D, may be sent (2 copies) to AIME by April 1, 1951. Manuscript, Sept. 18, 1950. St. Louis Meeting, February 1951.

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Gorski, C.H. Preparation of Titanium Tetrachloride from Rutile. JOM 3, 131–133 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03397287

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