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Titanium was prepared from TiCl 4 in molten NaCl-KCl-NaF salt. The product of the reaction of TiCl 4 with NaF was identified using X-ray diffraction, and its electrochemical behavior was studied using cyclic voltammetry and square wave voltammetry. The electrochemical deposition of titanium was investigated during the addition of TiCl 4 to NaClKCl-NaF melts. The results indicate that Na 2 TiF 6 was first obtained through the reaction of NaF with TiCl 4 in the NaFKCl-NaCl melt, and Na 2 TiF 6 was decomposed to Na + and [TiF 6 ] 2− in the melts. [TiF 6 ] 2− was then sequentially reduced to [TiF 6 ] 3− and Ti at the cathode, accompanied by chlorine gas emission at the anode and fluoride formation at the cathode.

The titanium resources in Panxi reign, China, have a high-impurities content of Ca and Mg, which is usually processed by the molten salt chlorination process. This process allows higher Ca and Mg content in its furnace burdens. However, there is a huge amount of molten salt chlorinated slag produced by this process, consisting of complex compounds and waste NaCl/KCl salts. These slags are always stockpiled without efficient utilization, causing serious environmental pollutions. To recycle the NaCl in the slag back to the molten salt chlorination process, a novel process to deal with those molten salt chlorinated slags with phase conversion at high temperature is presented in this paper. The calcium-containing solid phase was generated when Na2SiO3 was added to the molten salt chlorinated slags at high temperature, while NaCl was kept as a liquid. Thus, liquid NaCl was easily separated from the calcium-containing solid phase, and it could be reused in the molten salt chlorination process. The conversion of calcium-containing phases and their separation of NaCl are the key parts of this work, and they have been systematically studied in this paper; thermodynamic analysis, phase transformation behavior, and calcium removal behavior have all been investigated. The calcium removal rate is 78.69% when the molar ratio of CaCl2:Na2SiO3 is 1:1.5 at 1173 K and N2 atmosphere.

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