A device and method for preparing high-purity titanium metal powder by continuous electrolysis

Abstract

The invention discloses a device and a method for continuously electrolyzing and preparing high-purity metal titanium powder. The method of the present invention electrolyzes a titanium-containing conductive ceramic anode and a rotary cathode in a molten salt electrolytic cell, and the rotary cathode continuously transfers the metal titanium powder deposited on the surface of the cathode to the top of the molten salt, and the unloading scraper scrapes the metal titanium After the powder is collected, the molten salt is recovered by filtration, the separated metal titanium powder is cooled, washed with deoxygenated deionized water, and finally vacuum-dried to obtain the prepared metal titanium powder. The device includes a molten salt electrolysis device, a continuous collection device for metal titanium powder, a filter device, a cleaning device and a vacuum drying device. The invention realizes the continuous preparation of high-purity metal titanium powder, and can adjust the average particle diameter of the prepared metal titanium powder on-line, has high production efficiency, simple operation and high product purity.

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technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the field of nonferrous metal smelting, and in particular relates to a method and a device for continuously electrolytically preparing high-purity titanium powder. Background technique [0002] Titanium metal powder metallurgy offers the possibility of cost-effective near-net-shape metal components with complex structures. Titanium metal powder can be first produced by mixing with other metal elements or by pre-alloying, and then consolidated by methods such as metal injection molding, hot isostatic pressing, direct powder rolling or laser sintering. The quality and cost of metal titanium powder are extremely important to the quality of its powder metallurgy products. [0003] Traditional metal titanium powder needs to use metal titanium prepared by Kroll process as raw material. While the Kroll process is complex and costly, the process involves chlorination of TiO in the presence of carbon 2 ore, and makes the resulting Ti...

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Problems solved by technology

[0010] 1. The FFC process uses high-purity TiO 2 As a raw material, the cost of the raw material is high, and the oxygen content of titanium metal prepared by the cathode is easy to exceed the standard;

[0011] 2. The existing anodic dissolution and electrolysis method has low production efficiency

The metal titanium powder of the cathode cannot be continuously taken out and collected

Moreover, the frequent operation of opening the electrolytic cell leads to poor air quality in the workshop, and the labor intensity of the staff is high, making it difficult to realize automated production

[0012] 3. Metal titanium products are easy to exceed the standard of O and N

Metal titanium powder is very easy to react with oxygen and nitrogen in the air at high temperature to reduce the quality, and open operation is very easy to pollute metal titanium

The existing batch method not only greatly reduces the production efficiency, but also the products tend to exceed the standard of O and N

[0013] 4. There is no convenient way to adjust the average particle size of the prepared titanium metal powder in the existing process

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