Purification of metallurgical silicon using iron as an impurity getter part I: Growth and separation of Si

Metals and Materials International

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 823-829

  Esfahani, Shaghayegh ^a   Barati, Mansoor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Grain growth; Image analysis; Purification; Solar cells; Solidification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856245563     PISSN: 15989623     EISSN: 20054149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12540-011-1021-3     Document Type: Article

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