Low-temperature purification process of metallurgical silicon

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1185-1192

  Zhao, Li Xin ^a,b   Wang, Zhi ^a   Guo, Zhan Cheng ^a,c   Li, Cheng Yi ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

metal liquating method; metallurgical purification process; solar grade silicon; tin silicon system

Indexed keywords

HEAT ENERGY; IMPURITY ELEMENT; IMPURITY REMOVAL; LOW TEMPERATURES; MASS FRACTION; METALLIC ELEMENTS; METALLURGICAL PROCESS; METALLURGICAL PURIFICATION PROCESS; METALLURGICAL-GRADE SILICON; PURIFICATION PROCESS; SEGREGATION COEFFICIENTS; SELECTION CRITERIA; SOLAR GRADE SILICONS; TIN-SILICON SYSTEM;

METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALLURGY; METALS; REMOVAL; SILICON; SOLAR ENERGY; TIN;

PURIFICATION;

EID: 79958804525     PISSN: 10036326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(11)60841-8     Document Type: Article

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