The use of electro-deoxidation to reduce titanium dioxide and other metal oxides

Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Materials Engineering for Resources

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages 1-6

  Fray, Derek J ^a   Chen, George Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Molten salts; Reduction; Titanium

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; COMPOSITION; CORROSION RESISTANCE; FUSED SALTS; OXIDATION; REDUCTION;

KROLL PROCESS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 0035790251     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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