Preparation of high-purity titanium salts from the system (NH4)2TiF6-(NH4)3FeF6-NH4F-H2O

Influence of NH₄F concentration on the conditions of separation of Ti(IV) and Fe(III) salts by fractional hydrolysis under the action of ammonia in the system (NH₄)₂TiF₆-(NH₄)₃FeF₆-NH₄F-H₂O was studied. The coprecipitation of (NH₄)₃TiO₂F₅ and (NH₄)₃FeF₆ as a result of crystallochemical substitution of Fe⁺³ for Ti⁺⁴ makes it possible to reduce the content of Fe(III) salts in the system. After separation of a precipitate containing up to 25% of Ti from solutions with NH₄F concentrations from 10.6 to 22.3% and subsequent hydrolysis, the remaining titanium precipitates. The precipitate is annealed up to 800°C in the presence of water vapor to form TiO₂ with a whiteness above 92%. Original Russian Text ? N.G. Bakeeva, P.S. Gordienko, E.V. Pashnina, 2009, published in Zhurnal Obshchei Khimii, 2009, Vol. 79, No. 1, pp. 3–8.