Removal of metal impurities in molten silicon by directional solidification with electron beam heating

Materials Transactions

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 850-857

  Yuge, Noriyoshi ^a,b   Hanazawa, Kazuhiro ^a   Kato, Yoshiei ^a,c  

^a JFE STEEL CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b JFE R and D Corporation   (Japan)

^c Kawasaki Stl Techno Res Corp   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Directional solidification; Electron beam; Iron; Metallurgical grade silicon; Silicon; Solar grade silicon; Titanium

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; MOLTEN MATERIALS; PURIFICATION; PYROMETALLURGY; SOLIDIFICATION; VAPORIZATION;

DEPHOSPHORIZATION; METALLURGICAL GRADE SILICON; SOLAR GRADE SILICON; VACUUM CHAMBERS;

SILICON;

EID: 2442553933     PISSN: 13459678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2320/matertrans.45.850     Document Type: Article

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