Titanium

• Class: Non-Ferrous MetalsGroup: Light metalsSubgroups: Basic Light metalsMetal: TitaniumTo extract the titanium industrial importance is the following minerals: Ilmenite

• Rutil

• Anatase

• Brookite

• Leucoxene

• Loparite

Titanium is extracted from the following minerals too:

• Perovskite

• Titanite

Titanium can be extracted also from these minerals:

• Aeschynite-(Y)

• Alluaivite

• Euxenite

• Fergusonite

During the processing of minerals containing titanium, plants use the following types of separation:

• Gravity separation

• Magnetic separation

• Electrical separation

There are three main sources of mineral raw materials for the extraction of titanium:

1. Placer deposits ofores containing titanium (alluvial deposits)

2. Indigenous ore vein deposits containing titanium

3. Waste and not the traditional raw materials containing titanium

References

• 1. http://www.hsamuel.co.uk/webstore/jewellery/metalGuide/otherMetals/titanium.cdo

  2. http://picclick.ca/10-Troy-Oz-Titanium-Bullion-Buffalo-Bar-222216415389.html

© Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

October 14, 2016

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