The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2001
Vaikuntam Iyer Lakshmanan, Mississauga, Ontario, CA;
Ramamritham Sridhar, Mississauga, Ontario, CA;
Marc Murray Rishea, Burlington, Ontario, CA;
Robert Joseph de Laat, Mississauga, Ontario, CA;
Other;
Abstract
A method for the production of titanium metal from titanium-bearing ore. The method comprises leaching said ore or a concentrate thereof with an aqueous solution of a hydrogen halide; separating solids from the leach solution, to provide a leachate solution. The leachate solution may be subjected to extraction with an immiscible organic phase to selectively remove iron values to provide high purity iron products. Titanium may be separated from raffinate as TiO or solvent extract and thermal stripping. TiO may also be separated in the initial leach solution. Preferably, the titanium halide is titanium tetrachloride.