Novel metallurgical process for titanium production

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2172-2175

  Shuqiang, Jiao ^a   Hongmin, Zhu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CATHODES; ELECTROLYSIS; SOLID SOLUTIONS; TITANIUM CARBIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CARBOTHERMIC REDUCTION; CATHODE CURRENT EFFICIENCIES; TITANIUM MONOXIDE;

TITANIUM METALLURGY;

EID: 33845648376     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2006.0268     Document Type: Article

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