Kinetic study on gas phase zinc reduction of silicon tetrachloride

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 889-895

  Uesawa, Norihisa ^a   Shen, Peng ^a   Inasawa, Susumu ^a   Miyoshi, Akira ^a   Yamaguchi, Yukio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Reaction kinetics; Silicon production; Silicon tetrachloride; Zinc reduction reaction

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; ELEMENTARY REACTION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GASPHASE; INTERMEDIATE SPECIE; KINETIC ANALYSIS; KINETIC STUDY; LOW COSTS; OVERALL REACTIONS; QUANTUM CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS; QUARTZ TUBE REACTORS; REACTION MODEL; REACTION YIELDS; RESIDENCE TIME; SILICON MATERIALS; SILICON TETRACHLORIDE; TWO-STEP REACTIONS; ZINC REDUCTION; ZINC REDUCTION REACTION; ZINC VAPORS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; GASES; MATERIALS HANDLING; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUARTZ; RATE CONSTANTS; ZINC;

REACTION KINETICS;

EID: 79953309655     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.02.028     Document Type: Article

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