The invention provides a method for preparing high-purity
titanium from
ferrotitanium complex ore, and relates to the technical field of nonferrous
metallurgy. The method comprises the following preparation steps: calculating and adding a carbonaceous
reducing agent according to the components of the
ferrotitanium complex ore and a specific principle, mixing and
pelletizing, and reducing to generate a Fe (
alloy)-TiC-MOx mixture; according to the content of TiC and Fe in the mixture, adding
metal iron powder and Fe2O3 or
iron ore concentrate according to a certain stoichiometric ratio, mixing,
pelletizing, and reducing to obtain a
titanium-iron
alloy; and the obtained
ferrotitanium alloy serves as a soluble
anode, and high-purity
titanium is prepared through
electrolysis in
halide molten salt containing low-valence titanium salt. According to the method, the reaction characteristic of iron and
iron oxide with TiC at high temperature is utilized, the ferrotitanium alloy is generated from the ferrotitanium complex ore to serve as the soluble
anode, then the high-purity titanium is prepared through
molten salt electrolysis, the adverse effects of component deviation and
anode precipitates existing in the soluble anode containing the titanium compound are avoided, and meanwhile
casting forming is easy, and the method is more suitable for industrialization.