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MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 321, 2020
The 14th World Conference on Titanium (Ti 2019)
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| Article Number | 10002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 12 | |
| Section | Melting and Casting | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/202032110002 | |
| Published online | 12 October 2020 | |
Deoxygenation of liquid titanium with aluminum addition
1 Material Research Laboratory, Kobe Steel Ltd, Japan
2 Material Solutions Division, Technology Unit, KOBELCO RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC
3 Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory, Kobe Steel Ltd, Japan
To realize radical cost reduction of titanium, a process is needed which can directly make use of low quality material such as scrap, TiO2 or titanium ore. In this work, a highly efficient process has been developed to produce low oxygen titanium alloy using aluminum to rapidly reduce oxygen during melting. In this experiment titanium was prepared including 0.8 mass% oxygen. This titanium and aluminum in the range of 0 – 60 mass% was measured, mixed and melted by PAM (plasma arc melting) or ISM (induction skull melting). After melting, a small piece was taken and the aluminum and oxygen content was analyzed by ICP emission spectrometry and inert gas fusion-infrared absorption method respectively. A sample melted with CaO-CaF2 flux was analyzed as well after flux was mechanically taken off. As aluminum content increased, oxygen content decreased. For example, when 61.9 mass% aluminum was added, the oxygen content decreased to 0.028 mass% and Al2O3 was observed in the cross-section of the sample after melting. This was produced when the aluminum content increased and the oxygen solubility decreased in the metal. Flux addition was also clearly effective for deoxygenation.
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