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Study on Production Methods of Titanium Sponge

Author : S. Sai Harsha 1 P.V. Chandra Sekhara Rao 2

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Date of Publication :18th May 2022

Abstract: — Titanium sponge is a porous type of titanium generated during the first stage of the manufacturing process. The titanium sponge is a major raw material used in the production of ingots or slabs during the melting process. It comes in a variety of grades, each with varying degrees of impurities. This paper's main goal is to overview and compare various production methods of titanium sponge individually. And we have tried to discuss the properties, advantages, and disadvantages of those processes, and also mentioned their applications. The various production methods of titanium sponge are divided into batches based on their manufacturing process such as the Kroll process, Hunter process, and Electrolysis process comes under conventional methods, FFC, OS, QIT, etc. are the Electrochemical process.

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