Solvent refining of silicon using nickel as impurity getter

Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 166-172

  Yin, Z ^a   Oliazadeh, A ^a   Esfahani, S ^a   Johnston, M ^a   Barati, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crystal growth; Ni Si alloys; Silicon purification; Solar silicon; Solvent refining

Indexed keywords

COOLING RATES; MATRIX; METALLURGICAL-GRADE SILICON; MOLTEN ALLOY; NI-SI ALLOYS; PHYSICAL SEPARATION; PROCESS EFFICIENCY; SILICON PURIFICATION; SLOW COOLING; SOLAR SILICON; SOLVENT REFINING;

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; CRYSTALLIZATION; HEAVY MEDIA SEPARATION; NICKEL REFINING; PURIFICATION; REFINING; SILICON; SOLVENTS;

SILICON ALLOYS;

EID: 79955083740     PISSN: 00084433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000844311X12949307643551     Document Type: Article

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