Titanium sponge titanium production is the basis of industrial sectors, it is titanium, titanium powder and titanium components of other materials. The ilmenite into titanium tetrachloride, and then into a sealed stainless steel tank, filled with argon gas, so that they react with magnesium, get 'titanium sponge. "This porous "sponge titanium" is not used directly, but they must be melted in the furnace the liquid in order to cast titanium ingots.
Titanium sponge is a shape like a burnt titanium slag is the raw material. Mainly for non-ferrous metal smelting titanium. Produced titanium ingots can be used for processing plate, tube, rod, etc.
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