TITANIC OXIDE PRODUCTION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005800550008-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 8, 2008
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: February 8, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SECRET/U.S. OFFICIALS OIILY
COUNTRY Hungary
Titanic Oxidc Production
This material contains Information aieotlnt the Na-
tional Defense of the United states within the mean-
Int of the srpibnap Laws. This 1!, U.S.C. Rea. in
and 794. the trsnrmledon or revelation of which in
any manner to an unauthorised person Is prohibited
by law.
DATE DIM, 8 February 1955
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN TIPS REPORT AN DEPINITrvE.
THE APPRAISAL OP CO~ IS TENTATNE.
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1. The Metallurgical Research Institute (Fdmipari KutatBintdzet) had no success
thus far developing new methods in producing alumina from bauxite. Hungary
continues to use the well known Bayer method in the production of bauxite.
2. However, the institute succeeded in finding use for the "red mud" which is
a by-product in the production of alumina. 25X1
a. Titanium is available in Hungary in two forms:
(1) It awe be obtained from bauxite, which has a titanium-oxide content
of 2-2.5 percent. If a conservative estimate would place Hungary's
bauxite resources at 150,000,000 tons one could extract approximately
3,000,000 tons of TiO2 from the raw material.
(2) Titanium can also be obtained from wehrlite, at Szarvaakt5 (4759 N
2020E), which has a Ti02 content of 6-7 percent. Therefore the
estimated supply of 200,000 tons of wehrlite would be good for only
14,000 tons of Ti02.
b. In the course of processing alumina from bauxite, equal amounts of bauxite
and red mud are produced. The latter contains Fe203, A1203, N a20, and
Ti02. With enrichment (dusitio) one can obtain from red mud a secondary
product, called black mud, which contains 70-71 percent Fe2Oand 7-9
percent TiO2. The A120~~33-- and the Na2O to be found in re l mud tan also be
utilized for producing alumina.
c. As a matter of fact, the black mud corresponds to good-quality iron ore which
can be profitably forged. In the course of smelting the slag becomes
enriched up to a 20-27 percent Ti02 content.
d. The slag can conveniently be chlorinated, and with relatively little lose of
chlorine TiC1./, can be produced from it. With the well known Kroll process
one-can obtain from TiC14, the metal Titanium.
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