EliasExperiments
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Making Titanium Tetrachloride
Hi,
in this video I show my process for making TiCl4 from the elements:
https://youtu.be/Eq7so5nszSw
Has anyone also tried this and maybe has some method of improving on my procedure?
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In general, it's a good idea not to put your finger into a mixture of sodium hydroxide and bleach.
You should grease the joints before you add the reactants, so that you don't have to wave a big funnel full of acid about.
Gloves are considered a good idea.
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Herr Haber
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"Let the hydrochloric acid drip on the oops" 
Cool setup in a minimal amount of space. I didnt have a good look at your Ti at the end of the reaction. Did it all react ?
The spirit of adventure was upon me. Having nitric acid and copper, I had only to learn what the words 'act upon' meant. - Ira Remsen
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I thought it was a very interesting video, thanks for sharing. That's quite a "setup" you put together, glad everything worked and you got some TiCl4.
Looking forward to more videos. I recently purchased some Titanium metal and I'll also be performing some Titanium experiments, although mine will be
a little simpler.
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EliasExperiments
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@unionised: Greasing the joint first is a good idea, but I think gloves are really overrated for the kind of chemicals I am using. I have gotten all
of them on my hand quite often and never had any kind of trouble with my skin afterwards. There are definetly chemicals though where I always wear
gloves.
@Herr Haber: No not all the Titanium reacted, even though I used like 1.5 equivalents of chlorine gas. The reaction must have been quite inefficient.
@MidLifeChemist Thank you! Glad you liked it! :-)
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Did you explore any metal chloride catalysts such as copper or aluminum chloride to improve efficiency?
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I assume you used perflourinated grease in the video. I didn't realize perflourinated grease could hold up to Cl2. I think silicone grease forms a
stubborn white film on the glass if you attempt to use it with Cl2 (I used it on glass-tubing interfaces, not ground glass joints).
(Not relevant to your video) But silicone grease is fine against a bit of room temperature NOx. I imagine at higher temperatures it is attacked.
[Edited on 16-2-2025 by jackchem2001]
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