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Dr. Dmitri Kopeliovich
Titanium is the ninth most abundant element in the earth’s crust.
The ores used for commercial production of titanium are:
Titanium is produced by the Kroll process developed by William Justin Kroll in 1946:
TiO2 + Cl2 + C = TiCl4 + CO2
TiCl4 + 2Mg = Ti + 2MgCl2
The resulted magnesium chloride is liquid and it is separated from the solid titanium which is obtained in form of porous sponge.