High-Grade silica refined from diatomaceous earth for solar-grade silicon production

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 4160-4165

  Bessho, Masahiko ^a   Fukunaka, Yasuhiro ^a   Kusuda, Hiromu ^a   Nishiyama, Takashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID LEACHING; ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; AMORPHOUS SILICA; DIATOM SHELL; DIATOMACEOUS EARTH; FE CONTENT; HIGH-PURITY; PH RANGE; PH VALUE; POWER GENERATION INDUSTRIES; TRACE ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION;

ACIDS; ALUMINUM; DISSOLUTION; LEACHING; OXIDE MINERALS; PH EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); QUARTZ; REFINING; SOLAR ENERGY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

SILICA;

EID: 69549110539     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef900359m     Document Type: Article

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