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Titanium dioxide is reduced by carbon in presence of chlorine to give titanium tetrachloride, which can be very efficiently purified by distillation, and carbon monoxide.

This reaction is sometimes shown producing CO2:

TiO2 + C + Cl2 -> TiCl4 + CO2
TiO2
  +  
2
C
  +  
2
Cl2
         
TiCl4
  +  
2
CO
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Titanium dioxide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Carbon     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Chlorine     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Titanium tetrachloride     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Carbon monoxide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
British A-Level Chemistry: A2
British A-Level Chemistry: AS
Redox
Reduction: Of Substrate By Reagent

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