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Properties and uses of ferrotitanium
Titanium has an atomic weight of 47.90. The outer electronic structure is 3d4s. Melting point 1667℃. The boiling point is 3285℃. Density (20℃)4.5g/cm3. The chemical properties of titanium are relatively active, and can form stable compounds with oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur and carbon.
2023
03-22
Production technology of ferrotitanium
Industrial production of ferrotitanium raw materials are ferrotitanium concentrate (Fe-TiO3), rutile (TiO2), titanium dioxide (TiO2) and waste titanium metal materials (Ti, Ti-V-Al, etc.), which in addition to waste titanium metal materials, to use reducing agent reduction to obtain ferrotitanium and titanium alloy.
Analysis on influencing factors of ferrotitanium smelting
When wet charge is doped with charge, boiling occurs, furnace gas escapes unevenly, and a large amount of charge is emitted; Magnesia contains water for sand nest also has the phenomenon of spraying material.
What is ferrotitanium
An iron alloy with titanium and iron as its principal components. It also contains impurities such as aluminum, silicon, carbon, sulfur, phosphorus and manganese. Used as steel deoxidizer, desulfurizer, degassing agent and alloying agent. According to the different titanium content, there are three main varieties: FeTi30(Ti25.0%-35.0%, Al<8.5%, Si<5.0%), FeTi40(Ti35.0%-45.0%, Al<9.5%, Si<4.0%) and FeTi70(Ti65%-75%, A10.5%-5%, Si<0.5%). In addition, there are a variety of titanium containing composite alloys such as Ti-Si-Fe, Ti-b-al-V, Ti-b-al-Cr, Ti-Al, Ni-Ti-Al, Ti-B-Al, Ti-Cr-Al, etc., used as titanium additives.
Applications of titanium compounds
Important titanium compounds are: titanium dioxide (TiO2), titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4), barium titanate (BaTiO3).
Application of titanium alloy
Titanium is resistant to corrosion, so it is often used in the chemical industry. In the past, stainless steel was used in chemical reactors to hold hot nitric acid. Stainless steel is also afraid of the strong caustic agent - hot nitric acid, every six months, this part will be completely replaced. Using titanium to make these parts, though more expensive than stainless steel, can last up to five years, making the calculations far more cost-effective.
The smelting process of titanium
The raw material of titanium metal is mainly rutile, which contains more than 96% TiO2. Countries that lack rutile ore, such as the Soviet Union, use "high titanium slag" made of ilmenite, which contains about 290 percent TiO. Due to the rising price of natural rutile and decreasing reserves, all countries tend to use ilmenite to make titanic-rich materials, namely high titanium slag and artificial rutile. Titanium was discovered in 1791, and the first pure titanium was made in 1910, more than a century later. The reason is that titanium is very active at high temperature, and it is easy to combine with oxygen, nitrogen, carbon and other elements, to extract pure titanium needs very harsh conditions.
Physical properties of titanium
Titanium is metallic and ductile. Sound travels at a rate of 5,090 m/s. The main characteristics of titanium are low density, high mechanical strength and easy processing.
The physical structure of titanium
Titanium atomic number is 22, number of extranuclear electron with a total of 22, the electron configuration of 1 s squared 2 s squared 2 p ⁶ 3 s squared 3 p ⁶ 3 d squared 4 s squared ([Ar] 3 d squared 4 s squared). There are two isomers of titanium: alpha-Ti and β-Ti. The atomic packing mode of α-Ti is hexagonal, and the atomic space utilization rate is 74%. β-Ti is a cubic lattice, and the atomic packing mode is body-centered cubic dense packing, and the atomic space utilization rate is 68%. In addition, a small number of defects in titanium crystals will affect the properties of the crystal, such as mechanical strength, electrical conductivity and so on.
Discovery of titanium
Reverend William Gregor (1762 -- 1817) : In 1791, titanium was discovered in the form of a titanium-bearing mineral in Cornwall, England, by Reverend William Gregor, an amateur mineralogist who was then vicar of the parish of Creed in Cornwall. He found some black sand near a stream in the neighboring parish of Manaccan, and when he discovered that the sand was attracted to magnets, he realized that the mineral (ilmenite) contained a new element. The analysis revealed that the sand contained two metal oxides: iron oxide (the reason the sand was attracted to magnets) and a white metal oxide that he could not identify. Realizing that the unidentified oxide contained an undiscovered metal, Gregor reported his findings to the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall and to the German journal Chemical Annual. Around the same time, Franz-Joseph Muller von Reichenstein made a similar substance, but was unable to identify it.