APPARATUS FOR REDUCTION OF TITANIUM HALIDES AND SUBSEQUENT VACUUM SEPARATION OF REDUCTION PRODUCTS

摘要

The present invention relates to the art of producing refractory metals, and more particularly to apparatus for magnesium thermoreduction of titanium halides and subsequent vacuum separation of the reduction products. The apparatus proposed herein is characterized by that it is made sectionalized. A middle section thereof hermetically separates the spaces of a reaction chamber and a condenser, and functions as a heat screen. Through said middle section there pass a main channel adapted to communicate the spaces of the reaction chamber and consenser, a drive of a locking means adapted to shut off said main communication channel during the reduction process, communication channels for feeding reactants into the space of the reaction chamber, and a channel for connecting the condenser to an evacuation system, extending to the external surface of the middle section. The apparatus is intended, mainly, for producing titanium sponge.