GB628147A - Improvements in the production of anhydrous zirconium tetrachloride and in the production of zirconium therefrom - Google Patents

Improvements in the production of anhydrous zirconium tetrachloride and in the production of zirconium therefrom

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GB628147A
GB628147A GB2522/47A GB252247A GB628147A GB 628147 A GB628147 A GB 628147A GB 2522/47 A GB2522/47 A GB 2522/47A GB 252247 A GB252247 A GB 252247A GB 628147 A GB628147 A GB 628147A
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tetrachloride
zirconium
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alkaline earth
zirconium tetrachloride
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WILLIAM JUSTIN KROLL
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    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22BPRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
    • C22B34/00Obtaining refractory metals
    • C22B34/10Obtaining titanium, zirconium or hafnium
    • C22B34/14Obtaining zirconium or hafnium
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C01INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C01GCOMPOUNDS CONTAINING METALS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C01D OR C01F
    • C01G25/00Compounds of zirconium
    • C01G25/04Halides

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Abstract

Zirconium tetrachloride is prepared in substantially anhydrous form by enclosing it in a container sealed from the atmosphere, wetting the chloride with liquid titanium tetrachloride and evacuating the container interior to remove therefrom the hydrochloric acid gas, excess titanium tetrachloride and air contained therein and, during the evacuation, heating the zirconium tetrachloride to a temperature below its sublimation temperature to drive off the hydrochloric acid and excess titanium tetrachloride.ALSO:Zirconium metal powder is prepared free from oxide, nitride and hydride compounds by bringing anhydrous zirconium, tetrachloride vapour into reactive contact with a molten metal bath, consisting of a metal of the alkaline earth metal group, maintained at a temperature substantially below the boiling point of the metal in an inert atmosphere, e.g. of helium, having a pressure approximating atmospheric pressures. Oxygen-free zirconium tetrachloride vapour may be passed over a molten bath of magnesium. A quantity of zirconium tetrachloride and a quantity of alkaline earth metal may be enclosed in a container and spaced apart from each other, the quantity of the metal being substantially in excess of that required to reduce all the zirconium tetrachloride. The zirconium tetrachloride is wetted with titanium tetrachloride, the vessel is evacuated to remove air, excess titanium tetrachloride and any hydrochloric acid the vessel being gently heated to drive off the last traces of these substances until a continuously maintained low pressure is obtained. The evacuating means is isolated from the vessel, which is filled to approximately atmospheric pressure with a monatomic gas, and the alkaline earth metal and zirconium tetrachloride are heated to melt the metal and sublime the tetrachloride, the temperature being maintained until all the tetrachloride has been sublimed into reactive contact with the alkaline earth metal.
GB2522/47A 1945-02-17 1947-01-27 Improvements in the production of anhydrous zirconium tetrachloride and in the production of zirconium therefrom Expired GB628147A (en)

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Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2880987A (en) * 1956-02-14 1959-04-07 Nat Res Corp Production of metals
US3078082A (en) * 1957-05-06 1963-02-19 Nat Res Corp Apparatus for reducing vaporizable refractory metal compounds
US3186834A (en) * 1961-03-02 1965-06-01 Dow Chemical Co Preparation of rare earth metal sponge
US3318688A (en) * 1962-02-13 1967-05-09 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co Process of producing zirconium metal
CN107337236A (en) * 2017-06-29 2017-11-10 赤峰盛森硅业科技发展有限公司 A kind of zirconium chloride quenching apparatus and method
CN115041699A (en) * 2022-07-22 2022-09-13 华材(山东)新材料有限公司 Production method of spherical zirconium powder for 3D printing

Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2880987A (en) * 1956-02-14 1959-04-07 Nat Res Corp Production of metals
US3078082A (en) * 1957-05-06 1963-02-19 Nat Res Corp Apparatus for reducing vaporizable refractory metal compounds
US3186834A (en) * 1961-03-02 1965-06-01 Dow Chemical Co Preparation of rare earth metal sponge
US3318688A (en) * 1962-02-13 1967-05-09 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co Process of producing zirconium metal
CN107337236A (en) * 2017-06-29 2017-11-10 赤峰盛森硅业科技发展有限公司 A kind of zirconium chloride quenching apparatus and method
CN107337236B (en) * 2017-06-29 2023-08-25 赤峰盛森硅业科技发展有限公司 Zirconium tetrachloride quenching device and method
CN115041699A (en) * 2022-07-22 2022-09-13 华材(山东)新材料有限公司 Production method of spherical zirconium powder for 3D printing

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