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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2014
Shin-etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Naofumi Shinya, Fukui, JP;
Yu Hamaguchi, Fukui, JP;
Norio Yamagata, Fukui, JP;
Takehisa Minowa, Fukui, JP;
SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In the present invention, a crucible formed of SiC as a main component is used as a container for a Si—C solution. A metal element M (M is at least one metal element selected from at least one of a first group consisting of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho and Lu, a second group consisting of Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni and Cu and a third group consisting of Al, Ga, Ge, Sn, Pb and Zn) is added to the Si—C solution and the crucible is heated to elute Si and C, which are derived from a main component SiC of the crucible, from a high-temperature surface region of the crucible in contact with the Si—C solution, into the Si—C solution. In this way, precipitation of a SiC polycrystal on a surface of the crucible in contact with the Si—C solution is suppressed.