U. S. Bureau of Mines Collection - C-868-BC Titanium Tetrachloride Purification Equipment

Photograph

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Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum

0022:0158: U. S. Bureau of Mines Collection - C-868-BC Titanium Tetrachloride Purification Equipment ["Titanium tetrachloride as purchased contains silicon tetrachloride , vanadium, and other impurities. Equipment shown is used for purification by treatment with hydrogen sulfide followed by distillation of the lighter fractions by refluxing and a final redistillation of the titanium tetrachloride. All operations are carried out in a closed system. The operators are standing on the operating floor where all instruments and controls are located. The vessel to the extreme left, upstairs, is a sulfide; the vessels on the main floor from left to right are the pot still and fractionating still. Note color code on all pipe lines."]
0022:0158

U. S. Bureau of Mines Collection - C-868-BC Titanium Tetrachloride Purification Equipment ["Titanium tetrachloride as purchased contains silicon tetrachloride , vanadium, and other impurities. Equipment shown is used for purification by treatment with hydrogen sulfide followed by distillation of the lighter fractions by refluxing and a final redistillation of the titanium tetrachloride. All operations are carried out in a closed system. The operators are standing on the operating floor where all instruments and controls are located. The vessel to the extreme left, upstairs, is a sulfide; the vessels on the main floor from left to right are the pot still and fractionating still. Note color code on all pipe lines."]

Name/Title

U. S. Bureau of Mines Collection - C-868-BC Titanium Tetrachloride Purification Equipment

Entry/Object ID

0022:0158

Description

U. S. Bureau of Mines Collection - C-868-BC Titanium Tetrachloride Purification Equipment ["Titanium tetrachloride as purchased contains silicon tetrachloride , vanadium, and other impurities. Equipment shown is used for purification by treatment with hydrogen sulfide followed by distillation of the lighter fractions by refluxing and a final redistillation of the titanium tetrachloride. All operations are carried out in a closed system. The operators are standing on the operating floor where all instruments and controls are located. The vessel to the extreme left, upstairs, is a sulfide; the vessels on the main floor from left to right are the pot still and fractionating still. Note color code on all pipe lines."]

Collection

US Bureau of Mines, Boulder City Businesses

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

U. S. Dept. of the Interior - Bureau of Mines

Role

Photographer

Time Period

not provided

Notes

Original or Negative: Original

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Research Room, Photo Drawer 11

Date

June 22, 2026

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

February 2, 2024

Updated By

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Update Date

June 22, 2026