Question:
Describe the role of Iodine in the refining of titanium.
Answer:
Iodine is heated with Titanium to form a volatile compound which on further heating decomposes to give pure Titanium.
Ti (Impure) + 2I2 + Heat → TiI4
TiI4 + Heat → Ti (Impure) + 2I2
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