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US2758009A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Purification of titanium tetrachloride

Assignee: Titanium Metals Corp
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Filing: 1955-08-23
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Granted: 1956-08-07
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Expires: 1975-08-23
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 William D Guthrie

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-07 13:01
CPC Classifications
C; C01; C01G; C01G23/00; C01G23/02; C01G23/022; C01G23/024

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 88 words
IN A PROCESS IN WHICH CRUDE TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE CONTAINING FREE CHLORINE IS PURIFIED BY TREATMENT WITH A REACTIVE SULFIDE, THE STEPS COMPRISING; TREATING SAID TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE WITH HYDROGEN SULFIDE IN AMOUNT AT LEAST SUFFICIENT TO PERCIPITATE THE VANADIUM AND OTHER IMPURITIES CONTAINED THEREIN AND THEREBY FORMING SULFUR MONOCHLORIDE SOLUBILIZED IN SAID TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE, ADDING CHLORINE TO SAID TREATED TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE, IN AMOUNT AT LEAST SUFFICIENT TO CONVERT THE SULFUR MONOCHLORIDE CONTENT THEREOF TO SULFUR DICHLORIDE AND SEPARATING THE SOFORMED SULFUR DICHLORIDE FROM THE TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE BY FRACTIONAL DISTILLATION.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 88 words
IN A PROCESS IN WHICH CRUDE TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE CONTAINING FREE CHLORINE IS PURIFIED BY TREATMENT WITH A REACTIVE SULFIDE, THE STEPS COMPRISING; TREATING SAID TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE WITH HYDROGEN SULFIDE IN AMOUNT AT LEAST SUFFICIENT TO PERCIPITATE THE VANADIUM AND OTHER IMPURITIES CONTAINED THEREIN AND THEREBY FORMING SULFUR MONOCHLORIDE SOLUBILIZED IN SAID TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE, ADDING CHLORINE TO SAID TREATED TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE, IN AMOUNT AT LEAST SUFFICIENT TO CONVERT THE SULFUR MONOCHLORIDE CONTENT THEREOF TO SULFUR DICHLORIDE AND SEPARATING THE SOFORMED SULFUR DICHLORIDE FROM THE TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE BY FRACTIONAL DISTILLATION.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1959-08-07 1960-02-06 1960-08-07 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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11.5 Years (Year 12) 1967-08-07 1968-02-06 1968-08-07 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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