| Budget Amount *help |
¥17,970,000 (Direct Cost: ¥15,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,970,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000)
Fiscal Year 2008: ¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥6,370,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,470,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥5,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,100,000)
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| Research Abstract |
The current process of mass production of titanium is based on the Kroll process. This process involves the use of titanium tetrachloride (TiCl_4) as a feed material, and a huge amount of heat is generated during the reduction process. For this reason, it is impossible to increase the reduction speed even when the most advanced modern large-scale reduction facilities are used. Furthermore, it is difficult to establish a continuous reduction process, and it is also difficult to avoid contamination of iron into the product from a reaction container. In order to solve the current problems in the titanium production process that is based on metallothermic reduction, a new process of high-speed titanium reduction using titanium subhalide as a feed material was studied.
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