Reduction behaviour of rice husk ash for preparation of high purity silicon

Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 341-349

  Larbi, K K ^a   Barati, M ^a   McLean, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

DTA; Magnesiothermic silicon; Reduction; RHA; Silica; Solar grade silicon; XRD

Indexed keywords

FLOWING ARGONS; HIGH-PURITY SILICON; QUANTITATIVE X RAY DIFFRACTION; REDUCTION PRODUCTS; REDUCTION TEMPERATURES; RHA; RICE HUSK ASH; SOLAR GRADE SILICONS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TEMPERATURE RANGE; XRD;

DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; PELLETIZING; REDUCTION; SILICA; STOICHIOMETRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

MAGNESIUM;

EID: 82955194510     PISSN: 00084433     EISSN: 18791395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000844311X13117643274677     Document Type: Article

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