Preparation of Titanium Tetrachloride : Some Experiments for the Determination of its Mechanism

Abstract

As one of the fundamental experiments on the preparation of titanium tetrachloride, several chlorinations such as that with and without carbon by chlorine gas, that by the mixed gas of chlorine and carbon monoxide, and that by carbon tetrachloride vapour are examined using titanium dioxide and its lower oxides as the material. By the results, it is known that the ignition temperature generally becomes lower as the titanium content in the oxides increases, but it is exceptional in case of the chlorination by the mixed gas of chlorine and carbon monoxide.