Gaseous Species in the Ti-Al-Cl System and Reaction with H2O

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/j100161a087

Chemical species in the Ti-Al-Cl system at elevated temperatures were studied by effusion-beam mass spectrometry up to 1400 K.Gaseous TiAlCl5 and TiAlCl6 were identified as products of the reaction of TiCl4(g) and a Ti-Al mixture above about 900 K, for which AlCl3, TiCl2, and TiCl3 were also present.No evidence was found for TiAlCl7.When gaseous TiCl4, AlCl3, and H2O and admitted simultaneously, TiOCl2, Al(OH)Cl2, and TiAl(OH)Cl5 were observed.All ion species showed the correct isotopic distribution.The results confirm earlier indications that AlCl3 forms gaseous complexes with divalent and trivalent Ti, but not with tetravalent Ti.