Patent ID: 9095904
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: B22F,C22B

Abstract:
1. A method of producing titanium metal from titanium tetrachloride comprising: dispersing solid particles or liquid droplets of an alkali metal in a non-aqueous, organic, room temperature ionic liquid, the non-aqueous, organic, room temperature ionic liquid comprising nitrogen-containing cations and nitrogen-containing anions; adding a chemically equivalent amount of titanium tetrachloride to the dispersion of the alkali metal in the ionic liquid while maintaining the dispersion, the titanium tetrachloride reacting with the dispersed alkali metal to form particles of titanium metal that are not soluble in the ionic liquid and alkali metal chloride salt which is soluble in the ionic liquid; and separating the titanium metal particles from the solution of alkali metal chloride in the ionic liquid.