Production of titanium

Claim 1

A PROCESS OF PRODUCING TITANIUM COMPRISING REACTING TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE WITH MAGNESIUM BY CONTINOUSLY INTRODUCING TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE VAPOR UNDER PRESSURE INTO A REACTION CHAMBER IN WHICH THE TEMPERATURE IS MAINTAINED APPROXIMATELY IN THE RANGE 1400-1600* C., CONTINUOUSLY FEEDING TO THE ENTRANCE TO THE REACTION CHAMBER MAGNESIUM IN SOLID STATE IN A MASS OF SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT CROSS-SECTION IN ACCURATELY PREDETERMINED MASS RATE RELATIVELY TO THE MASS OF THE TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE VAPOR SO THAT AN EXCESS OF UREACTED MAGNESIUM IS AVOIDED, MELTING THE MAGNESIUM SUBSTANTIALLY AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE REACTION CHAMBER, SPRAYING THE MOLTEN MAGNESIUM INTO THE REACTION CHAMBER, IN THE REACTION CHAMBER BRINGING THE MAGNESIUM SPRAY INTO INTIMATE CONTACT WITH THE TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE VAPOR AND THREBY CONTINUOUSLY FORMING TITANIUM AND MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE, AND SEPARATING THE TITANIUM FROM THE MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE.