Experiments on the production of a high purity Ti in crystalline massive form were carried out by using a large sized reaction furnace which consisted of a reaction chamber, a condensing tank for the condensation of the byproduct MgCl
2 and excess Mg, and feeders of TiCl
4 and Mg. The reaction chamber consists of an inner cylinder of 18-8 stainless steel, 30 cm in diameter and 195 cm in length. Inside the reaction chamber were placed cuttings or ribbons of Ti stretched net-wise in a mild steel frame. Vapours of TiCl
4 and Mg evaporated in their respective boilers were injected into the reaction chamber through the nozzles at the tops of it. The reaction mainly occurs on the surfaces of the cuttings or ribbons of Ti stretched on the frame very effectively and Ti is deposited on these surfaces and grows in crystalline form, while MgCl
2 vapour or excess Mg vapour is rapidly condensed in the waste tank, being ejected out of the reaction system spontaneously. The lower part of the apparatus was reconstructed so that such the operation could be made continuous without cooling the reaction chamber and breaking its vacuum system. A number of series of experiments were carried out using this apparatus, and it was found that the method of producing Ti under gaseous reaction was of a very high efficiency in the yields of TiCl
4 and Mg, in being accomplished in a single process, in requiring relatively short reaction period and in producing large lumps of crystalline Ti of a high purity free from MgCl
2 or Mg. All of the produced Ti lumps were densely developed in the form of beautiful large crystals on the surfaces of Ti-ribbons and safe from the danger of absorbing moisture or of oxidation in air.
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