The purification of metallurgical grade silicon by electron beam melting

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-20

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO FEDERAL DE EDUCAÇÃO TECNOLÓGICA DE MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE AERONÁUTICA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electron beam melting; Metallurgical grade silicon; Silicon purification

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAM FURNACES; ELECTRON BEAM MELTING; ENERGY CONVERSION; LEACHING; METALLURGY; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PURIFICATION;

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

SILICON;

EID: 26044475889     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2004.03.035     Document Type: Article

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