The invention relates to a method for preparing metallic
titanium through two-step
electrolysis in
halide molten salt, and belongs to the technical field of
metallurgy. The method comprises the following steps: by taking
fluorine-
chloride mixed
molten salt as primary electrolytic
molten salt, adding TiO2 into the
fluorine-
chloride mixed molten salt, uniformly mixing, heating the
fluorine-
chloride mixed molten salt containing TiO2 to the electrolytic temperature of 650-850 DEG C in an
inert atmosphere, inserting a
cathode and an
anode, carrying out primary molten salt
electrolysis, taking out a
cathode product, and carrying out secondary electrolytic treatment on the
cathode product to obtain the TiO2 / TiO2
composite material. Performing
vacuum distillation or washing on the cathode product to remove impurities, and
drying to remove attached
electrolyte to obtain a primary electrolytic product crude
titanium; the method comprises the following steps: by taking primary
electrolysis product crude
titanium as a soluble
anode, high-purity
metal titanium as a cathode and chloride molten salt as secondary electrolysis molten salt, heating the chloride molten salt to the electrolysis temperature of 550-750 DEG C in an
inert atmosphere, inserting the cathode and the
anode, performing electrolytic refining, and washing the electrolysis product with diluted
hydrochloric acid and deionized water to remove impurities, thereby obtaining the low-
oxygen metal titanium powder. A low-melting-point molten salt
system is adopted in two-step electrolysis, and
energy consumption can be effectively reduced.