Van Vuuren, DSEngelbrecht, ADHadley, TD2007-08-212007-08-212005-10Van Vuuren, DS, Engelbrecht, AD and Hadley, TD. 2005. Electrowinning molten titanium from titanium dioxide. Light Metals - Production of magesium, aluminium and titanium in the 21st century - SAIMM, October 2005, pp 131-919783-80-6http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11402005: SAIMM ConferenceThe value chain of titanium products shows that the difference between the cost of titanium ingot and titanium dioxide is about $9/kg titanium. In contrast, the price of aluminium, which is produced in a similar way, is only about $1.7/kg. Electrowinning of molten titanium from titanium dioxide is therefore believed to have significant potential to reduce the cost of titanium products. The process is hampered by the high operating temperatures and sophisticated materials of construction required; the high affinity of titanium for carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen; and physical and chemical properties of the different titanium oxide species when reducing titanium from Ti4+ to metallic titanium.enElectrowinningTitanium dioxideSAIMM Conference, 2005Light metalsConference PresentationVan Vuuren, D., Engelbrecht, A., & Hadley, T. (2005). Electrowinning molten titanium from titanium dioxide. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1140Van Vuuren, DS, AD Engelbrecht, and TD Hadley. "Electrowinning molten titanium from titanium dioxide." (2005): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1140Van Vuuren D, Engelbrecht A, Hadley T, Electrowinning molten titanium from titanium dioxide; 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1140 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Van Vuuren, DS AU - Engelbrecht, AD AU - Hadley, TD AB - The value chain of titanium products shows that the difference between the cost of titanium ingot and titanium dioxide is about $9/kg titanium. In contrast, the price of aluminium, which is produced in a similar way, is only about $1.7/kg. Electrowinning of molten titanium from titanium dioxide is therefore believed to have significant potential to reduce the cost of titanium products. The process is hampered by the high operating temperatures and sophisticated materials of construction required; the high affinity of titanium for carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen; and physical and chemical properties of the different titanium oxide species when reducing titanium from Ti4+ to metallic titanium. DA - 2005-10 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Electrowinning KW - Titanium dioxide KW - SAIMM Conference, 2005 KW - Light metals LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2005 SM - 1-919783-80-6 T1 - Electrowinning molten titanium from titanium dioxide TI - Electrowinning molten titanium from titanium dioxide UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1140 ER -