Effect of electrolysis voltage on electrochemical reduction of titanium oxide to titanium in molten calcium chloride
来源期刊：Rare Metals2007年第6期
论文作者：LIU Meifeng, LU Shigang, KAN Surong, and LI Guoxun General Research Institute for Non-ferrous Metals, Beijing , China
文章页码：547 - 551
摘 要：The electrochemical reduction of solid TiO2 directly to solid metal is a promising alternative to the current Kroll process. The present work is aimed at studying the effect of electrolysis voltage on the rate of electrochemical reduction. The products of electrochemical reduction of TiO2 and Ti2O were examined using the scanning electron microscopy （SEM） and X-ray diffraction （XRD） techniques. The results show that Ti2O was reduced to low valent titanium oxide at 1.5-1.7 V, which was the result of ionization of oxygen. TiO2 and Ti2O were reduced to titanium metal at 2.1-3.1 V, which was the co-action of ionization of oxygen and calciothermic reduction. The oxygen content decreased rapidly with voltage increas-ing from 2.1 to 2.6 V, while it changed little from 2.6 to 3.1 V. The optimized cell voltage was 2.6-3.1 V.
LIU Meifeng, LU Shigang, KAN Surong, and LI Guoxun General Research Institute for Non-ferrous Metals, Beijing 100088, China
摘 要：The electrochemical reduction of solid TiO2 directly to solid metal is a promising alternative to the current Kroll process. The present work is aimed at studying the effect of electrolysis voltage on the rate of electrochemical reduction. The products of electrochemical reduction of TiO2 and Ti2O were examined using the scanning electron microscopy （SEM） and X-ray diffraction （XRD） techniques. The results show that Ti2O was reduced to low valent titanium oxide at 1.5-1.7 V, which was the result of ionization of oxygen. TiO2 and Ti2O were reduced to titanium metal at 2.1-3.1 V, which was the co-action of ionization of oxygen and calciothermic reduction. The oxygen content decreased rapidly with voltage increas-ing from 2.1 to 2.6 V, while it changed little from 2.6 to 3.1 V. The optimized cell voltage was 2.6-3.1 V.
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