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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 1988
Filed:
Jul. 27, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hideo Shingu, Kyoto, JP;
Ryotatsu Otsuka, Sakai, JP;
Shigemi Tanimoto, Sakai, JP;
Kazuo Toyoda, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
Showa Aluminum Corporation, Sakai, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C30B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156624 ; 156D / ; 210774 ;
Abstract
Crude silicon is purified by melting the crude silicon, maintaining the molten silicon above the solidification temperature thereof in an inert gas atmosphere, and rotating a hollow rotary cooling member as immersed in the molten silicon while introducing a cooling fluid into the cooling member to cause high-purity silicon to crystallize on the outer surface of the cooling member.