Journal of Northeastern University ›› 2004, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (11): 1088-1090.DOI: -

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Preparation of Al-Ti alloy by electrolysing TiO2 in aluminium bath

Yu, Xu-Guang (1); Qiu, Zhu-Xian (1)   

  1. (1) Sch. of Mat. and Metall., Northeastern Univ., Shenyang 110004, China
  • Received:2013-06-24 Revised:2013-06-24 Online:2004-11-15 Published:2013-06-24
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Abstract: Al-Ti alloys were produced by molten salt electrolysis using the molten Na3AlF6-Al2O3 system as electrolyte with TiO2 added to it. The morphology and chemical composition of such products were analysed using SEM. The results indicated that the Ti-mass fraction in alloys could be over 9% which exceeded that had been reported by earlier works. The morphological observation showed that Al and Ti existed in form of compounds. Such products can be used as master alloys. The mechanism of preparing Al-Ti alloys by molten salt electrolysis was discussed and regarded as similar to Al-Si alloy formation, because TiO2 was reduced by Al and both Ti and Al were precipitated simultaneously on cathode. So, keeping certain conditions constant will enable the whole electrolysis process to end up.

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