The invention provides a method for the Industrial purification of a
titanium feed stream of purity P1, by the formation of a
titanium-double-salt precipitate of purity P2 and a titanium solution
with purity P3, wherein P2>P1>P3, the method comprising the steps
of: i. forming, from the feed, a medium comprising water, titanium ion, a
cation selected from the group consisting of ammonium, cations of alkali
metals, protons and a combination thereof, and an anion selected from the
group consisting of OH, SO4, HSO4, halides and a combination thereof,
which formed medium is further characterized by the presence of (a) a
double-salt precipitate comprising titanium ion, at least one of the
cations and at least one of the anions; and (b) a titanium solution; and
wherein the concentration of the anion in the titanium solution is higher
than 15% and the ratio between the concentrations of the cation and the
anion in the titanium solution is higher than 0.2 and lower than 1.6; and
ii. separating at least a portion of the precipitate from the solution.