Purification of metallurgical silicon using iron as impurity getter, part II: Extent of silicon purification

Purification of metallurgical grade silicon (MG-Si), using iron as the impurity getter has been investigated. The technique involves growing Si dendrites from an alloy of MG-Si with iron, followed by their separation using a gravity based technique and acid leaching. The effects of cooling rate of the alloy and the subsequent quenching temperature on the segregation of the impurities were studied. It was found that slow cooling of the alloy …