Purification of Metallurgical Silicon from Metal Impurities in Electron-Beam Plasma of Water Vapor
摘要
Abstract
Metallurgical silicon has been refined in electron-beam plasma of water vapor. This method is based on converting hard-to-evaporate impurities into their volatile compounds in chemically active oxidative electron-beam plasma. Major metal impurities are removed during electron-beam refining of silicon in water vapor plasma at a sample temperature of 1430°C.