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Hunter process
The Hunter process was the first industrial process to produce pure ductile metallic titanium, and was invented in 1910 by M. A. Hunter , an American chemist.
In the process rutile (a mineral consisting of titanium dioxide, TiO2) is mixed with chlorine and coke and then extreme heat is applied, which produces titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4). The titanium tetrachloride is reduced with sodium to form titanium. This process successfully produces very high quality titanium, however it was replaced in all but the most demanding applications by the more economical Kroll process in the 1940s.
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