Method for removing boron from silicon

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8034151
APP PUB NO 20070180949A1
SERIAL NO

10591093

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The present invention provides a method for removal of boron from metal silicon inexpensively and extremely efficiently by a simple method, specifically, heating metal silicon containing boron as an impurity to its melting point to 2200° C. to place it in a molten state, then adding a solid mainly comprised of silicon dioxide and a solid mainly comprised of one or both of a carbonate of an alkali metal or a hydrate of a carbonate of an alkali metal into said molten silicon so as to form a slag and remove the boron in the silicon.

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  • NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION

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Kondo, Jiro Futtsu, JP 41 288
Okazawa, Kensuke Futtsu, JP 9 33

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