Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1637943 | Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China | 2011 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
A new purification process was developed to remove impurities in metallurgical grade silicon (MG-Si) by electromagnetic induction slag melting (EISM). Vacuum melting furnace was used to purify boron in different slag systems. The results show that the removal effect in SiO2-CaO-Al2O3 systems is better than that in other slag systems by EISM. The boron content in MG-Si is successfully reduced from 1.5Ã10â5 to 0.2Ã10â5 during EISM at 1 823 K for 2 h. Meanwhile, Al, Ca and Mg elements in MG-Si are also well removed and their removal efficiencies reach 85.0%, 50.2% and 66.7%, respectively, which indicates that EISM is very effective to remove boron and metal impurities in silicon.
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Authors
Da-wei LUO, Ning LIU, Yi-ping LU, Guo-liang ZHANG, Ting-ju LI,