Titanium metallurgy processes:
a comparison
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Kroll Process
Hamr process
Sadoway process
High-Temperature Electrolysis
1 - CHLORINATE
chloride slag, 85-90% Tio2
1 - PURIFY TiO2
1-Roast, HCI leach, Calcine
1 -DISSOLVE
TiO, into a molten oxide bath
2-PURIFY TiCl4
Tio2 + coke + Cl2 TiCl4
3 - KROLL REDUCE
Distil out V, Si Fe chlorides
4 - SPONGE
Distil out V, Si Fe chlorides
5-VACUUM REMELT
Melt 2-3 times. ingot
2-HAMR REDUCE
TiO, + 2Mg + H2 → TiH≥ + 2Mgo
3-LEACH + DEOX
HCl leach; Mg + H, to <0.2%
4-DEHYDRONGENATE
TiH, → Ti powder, vacuum
5-CONSOLIDATE
Sinter parts, or melt to ingot
2 - ELECTROLYSE
Liquid Ti at cathode, O, at anode
3-TAP + CAST
Liquid titanium → ingot