Optimization of the acid leaching process by using an ultrasonic field for metallurgical grade silicon

Journal of Semiconductors

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Zhang, Jian ^a   Li, Tingju ^a   Ma, Xiaodong ^a   Luo, Dawei ^a   Liu, Ning ^a   Liu, Dehua ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Acid leaching; Metallurgical grade silicon; Optimization; Purification; Ultrasonic field

Indexed keywords

ACID LEACHING; IMPURITIES IN; LEACHING TIME; MAGNETIC STIRRING; METALLURGICAL-GRADE SILICON; OPTIMUM PARAMETERS; SILICON PARTICLES; ULTRASONIC FIELD;

ACIDS; HYDROMETALLURGY; METALLURGY; OPTIMIZATION; PURIFICATION; SILICON; ULTRASONICS;

LEACHING;

EID: 65649107377     PISSN: 16744926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/30/5/053002     Document Type: Article

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