摘要 |
This invention relates to nonferrous metallurgy, particularly, to the methods of continuous producing metallic titanium and metallic titanium alloys by the metallothermic reduction of titanium tetrachloride, and also to the devices for producing metallic titanium or its alloys. The offered method of continuous producing metallic titanium and metallic titanium alloys is characterized in that the reaction of titanium tetrachloride reduction by the reducing agent and the melting of obtained spongy titanium are conducted simultaneously in vacuum in the electric-arc furnace. Device for continuous producing metallic titanium or metallic titanium alloy is characterized in that to accomplish the reaction of reduction of titanium tetrachloride by the reducing agent in vacuum with simultaneous melting of spongy titanium for producing metallic titanium or its alloy, the reactor is executed in the form of electric-arc furnace (1), which is connected with the vacuum pump (14) and is supplied with consumable electrode (6), which functions as a cathode, as an anode serves liquid bath of titanium or titanium alloy, which is located in the cooled crystallizer (11) at the upper part of dummy bar (12), to which voltage is supplied. |