Surface tension of liquid silicon: High or low value?

Journal of Crystal Growth

Volumn 371, Issue , 2013, Pages 77-83

  Eustathopoulos, Nicolas ^a   Drevet, Béatrice ^b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b CEA/LITEN   (France)

Author keywords

Semiconducting silicon; Surfaces

Indexed keywords

IMPURITIES; SILICON; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACES; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

CAPILLARY PROPERTIES; IMPURITIES IN; LIQUID SILICON; SUPPORTING MATERIAL; TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

EID: 84901638770     PISSN: 00220248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2013.02.010     Document Type: Article

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