To prevent molten silicon from being contaminated caused by dropping of an impurity condensate from an impurity capturing device arranged in an upper side of a crucible, in a silicon refining method by vacuum melting.
This silicon refining apparatus is arranged with the crucible 4 for storing the molten silicon 3 and a heating means 5 for heating the crucible 4, in an inside of a treating chamber 2 equipped with a vacuum pump 1, and is arranged further with the impurity capturing device having an impurity condensing part for cooling an impurity vapor evaporated from a liquid face of the molten silicon, to be condensed, and a contamination preventive device having an impurity receiving part for receiving an impurity, when the impurity captured by the impurity capturing device drops, to prevent the molten silicon from being contaminated.
WO/2010/137555 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING REFINED METAL OR METALLOID |
JP4980793 | Silicon recovery method and silicon recovery device |
JP2006199511 | CRYSTAL PRODUCTION APPARATUS |
Katsuo Naruse
Tomohiro Nakamura
Masashi Torino
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