Plasma-arc zone refining of silicon

Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Processing Materials for Properties

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 1059-1064

  Mimura, Kouji ^a   Kishida, Manabu ^a   Isshiki, Minoru ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; BORON; CARBON; HEATING; METAL REFINING; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLASMA ARC MELTING; PURIFICATION; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); VAPOR PRESSURE; VAPORIZATION;

METALLIC IMPURITIES; METALLURGICAL GRADE SILICON; PLASMA ARC ZONE MELTING METHOD; PLASMA-ARC ZONE REFINING;

SILICON;

EID: 0034592532     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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