Boron removal from metallurgical grade silicon by oxidizing refining

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 463-467

  WU, Ji jun ^a   MA, Wen hui ^a   YANG, Bin ^a   DAI, Yong nian ^a   MORITA, K ^b  

^a KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

electric arc furnace; metallurgical grade silicon; oxidizing refining; purification; thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

BORON REMOVALS; ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE; EQUILIBRIUM PRESSURES; GASEOUS SPECIES; IMPURITY ELEMENTS; METALLURGICAL GRADE SILICON; OXIDIZING ATMOSPHERES; OXIDIZING REFINING; PURIFICATION PROCESS; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM;

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; CAVITY RESONATORS; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC FURNACE PROCESS; ELECTRIC FURNACES; FURNACES; PURIFICATION; REFINING; STEEL METALLURGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

NONMETALS;

EID: 64149093542     PISSN: 10036326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(08)60296-4     Document Type: Article

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