Extraction of titanium from solid titanium dioxide in molten salts

Cost - Affordable Titanium, Symposium, dedicated to Professor Harvey Flower

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 9-17

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electro deoxidation; Molten salts; Titanium; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; EXTRACTION; FUSED SILICA; IONIZATION; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; SALTS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CATHODIC REACTIONS; ELECTRO-DEOXIDATION; MOLTEN SALTS; REACTIVE CARBON ANODES;

TITANIUM;

EID: 3042822085     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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