Patents Assigned to Hitashi Metals, Ltd.
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING TITANIUM METAL
    Publication number: 20090260481
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for producing titanium metal is described herein. The process comprises generating an RF thermal plasma discharge using a plasma torch provided with an RF coil; reducing titanium tetrachloride to a titanium metal by supplying titanium tetrachloride and magnesium into the RF thermal plasma discharge; and collecting or depositing the titanium metal at a temperature not lower than the boiling point of magnesium chloride and not higher than the boiling point of the titanium metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicants: Hitashi Metals, Ltd., Tekna Plasma Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Maher I. Boulos, Jiayin Guo, Jerzy Jurewicz, Gang Han, Shujiroh Uesaka, Hiroshi Takashima