The purification of metallurgical grade silicon by electron beam melting

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-25

  Pires, J C S ^a   Otubo, J ^a   Braga, A F B ^b   Mei, P R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE SÃO FRANCISCO   (Brazil)

^c Departamento de Materiais e Tecnologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electron beam melting; Metallurgical grade silicon; Silicon purification

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAM FURNACES; ELECTRON BEAM MELTING; METALLURGY; PURIFICATION; REDUCTION;

CHEMICAL PURIFICATION; METALLURGICAL GRADE SILICON; SILICON PURIFICATION; VOLTAIC ARC FURNACES;

SILICON;

EID: 26044444448     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2005.03.006     Document Type: Article

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