Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0449609

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0449609

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Alternative processing of titanium minerals: carburisation and chlorination of rutile and ilmenite. Australia produces about 40% of the world's stocks of ilmenite and 25% of rutile, which are used as raw materials for the titanium industry. Current methods for processing these minerals into pigment titanium dioxide and metallic titanium are complex, expensive and produce by-products that are environmentally dangerous. The project will study titania reduction from rutile and ilmenites to oxycarbides and reactions of chlorination of titanium oxycarbide. The aim is to establish fundamentals of titanium carburisation/chlorination processes and to assess their potential for processing of titanium minerals more efficiently. Outcomes will include reaction kinetics and mechanisms of reduction/carburisation and chlorination reactions, constraints and optimal conditions for carburisation/chlorination process.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 15-03-2004

End Date: 30-06-2007

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $235,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Process Metallurgy | Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other Keywords

Process Metallurgy | Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy | Titanium Minerals, Zircon, and Rare Earth Metal Ores (E.G. Monazite)

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