Editing Titanium tetrachloride (section)

===Production of titanium metal===
The world's supply of titanium metal, about 250,000 tons per year, is made from {{chem2|TiCl4}}. The conversion involves the reduction of the tetrachloride with [[magnesium]] metal. This procedure is known as the [[Kroll process]]:<ref name=Ull/>

:{{chem2|2 Mg + TiCl4 → 2 MgCl2 + Ti}}

In the [[Hunter process]], liquid [[sodium]] is the [[reducing agent]] instead of magnesium.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |entry=Hunter process |dictionary=A Dictionary of Chemical Engineering |date=2014 |url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199651450.001.0001/acref-9780199651450-e-1447 |url-access=subscription |language=en|doi=10.1093/acref/9780199651450.001.0001|last1=Schaschke |first1=Carl |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-965145-0 }}</ref>