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MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 370, 2022
2022 RAPDASA-RobMech-PRASA-CoSAAMI Conference - Digital Technology in Product Development - The 23rd Annual International RAPDASA Conference joined by RobMech, PRASA and CoSAAMI
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| Article Number | 09010 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Computational & Data-driven Modelling | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/202237009010 | |
| Published online | 01 December 2022 | |
The stability of three phases of TiCl3: a molecular dynamics approach
Materials Modelling Centre, School of Physical and Mineral Sciences, Department of Physics, University of Limpopo, Private bag X1106, Sovenga 0727, South Africa
* Corresponding author: andileZibu@gmail.com
Titanium is produced commercially by the Kroll process, which involves the magnesiothermic reduction of titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4). However, this is not suitable for developing a continuous reduction process. Recently, there have been attempts to develop a new continuous titanium production process by magnesiothermic reduction of other subchlorides such as titanium trichloride. In this study, the DL_POLY code was employed to investigate the influence of temperature on TiCl3 (α, β, γ). We found that the γ-phase is ordered, and all phases are spontaneous at 50 – 2000 K. The order of stability is β > α > γ, in agreement with other reported work. These findings suggest that TiCl3 might be used as a potential medium in the titanium production process.
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