Open Journal of Metal, 2014, 4, 20-30 Published Online June 2014 in SciRes. http://www.scirp.org/journal/ojmetal http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojmetal.2014.42003 How to cite this paper: Nafeaa, I.A., et al. (2014) Sodium Titanates Formation by Roasting of Pellets or Powder Mixture of Soda Ash and Rossetta Region Ilmenite Ore Concentrate in Air. Open Journal of Metal, 4, 20-30. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojmetal.2014.42003 Sodium Titanates Formation by Roasting of Pellets or Powder Mixture of Soda Ash and Rossetta Region Ilmenite Ore Concentrate in Air Inass Ashraf Nafeaa 1 , Amina F. Zekry 1 , Mohamed Gamal Khalifa 2 , Abd El-Fatah B. Farag 1 , Naglaa A. El-Hussiny 3 , Khaled El Hossiny 4 , Mohamed El-Menshawi Hussein Shalabi 3* 1 Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Greater Cairo, Egypt 2 El-Tabbin Metallurgical Institute, Cairo, Egypt 3 Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute, Cairo, Egypt 4 Nuclear Materials Authority (NMA), Cairo, Egypt Email: * shalabimeh@hotmail.com Received 1 April 2014; revised 2 May 2014; accepted 9 May 2014 Copyright © 2014 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Abstract Alkaline metals and hydrogen titanates are of great interest for possible applications. The quali- ties of soda ash and Rosetta ilmenite ore concentrate pellets were investigated. The kinetic forma- tion of sodium titanate via roasting of soda ash and ilmenite pellets and powder was studied in the temperature range of 800˚C to 900˚C. Keywords Soda Ash, Ilmenite Pellets, Roasting, Ilmenite, Sodium Titanate 1. Introduction Titanium dioxide is the most widely used white pigment because of its high brightness and refractive index. Anatase, brookite, and rutile are the natural forms of titanium dioxide minerals. Of many titanates, only a few are important industrially, particularly those of iron and calcium. Ilmenite (FeTiO 3 ) is a heavy mineral of metal- * Corresponding author.