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TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE PRODUCTION BY THE CHLORIDE
In the more commonly used chloride process, rutile, synthetic rutile, or highpurity ilmenite is chlorinated to form titanium tetrachloride, which is purified and oxidized to form TiO 2 pigment. Titanium tetrachloride is currently manufactured at nine plants in the United States for conversion to titanium dioxide (Titanium tetrachloride is also manufactured as an intermediate product ...