Study on the influences of melt components on the physical properties of molten salt chlorination system
The physical properties of chloride molten salt are very important for the preparation effi-ciency of titanium tetrachloride produced by molten salt chlorination.To investigate the influence of changes in chloride-containing molten salt composition on the physical properties of molten salt sys-tems,this study conducted the physical property tests including conductivity and viscosity on normal raw salt,foam salt and filtered molten salt.Furthermore,XRD analysis and chemical composition ana-lysis were also performed.Based on the component ratios in actual production and chemical analysis results,an orthogonal experiment with three factors including FeCl2,FeCl3,and MgCl2∶NaCl was de-signed to study the changes of physical properties of molten salt systems under different component ra-tios.The results indicate that the FeCl2 content has the most significant effect on the conductivity of the molten salt system,with an increase of 5%FeCl2 resulting in a 0.33 S/cm increase in overall molten salt conductivity.The FeCl3 content has the greatest impact on the viscosity of the molten salt system,with the effect being most pronounced within the 10%to 15%range of its composition.Finally,utilizing a comprehensive scoring method,the optimal chlorinated component scheme for molten salt was determ-ined to be CaCl2 4%,FeCl2 20%,FeCl3 5%and MgCl2∶NaCl=1∶1.
TiCl4molten salt chlorinationmelt componentsnormal raw saltfoam saltfiltered mol-ten saltelectrical conductivityviscosity