GB989452A - Electrolytic refining of silicon and germanium - Google Patents

Electrolytic refining of silicon and germanium

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GB989452A
GB989452A GB9362/63A GB936263A GB989452A GB 989452 A GB989452 A GB 989452A GB 9362/63 A GB9362/63 A GB 9362/63A GB 936263 A GB936263 A GB 936263A GB 989452 A GB989452 A GB 989452A
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metal
refined
alkaline earth
anode
germanium
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General Trustee Co Inc
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
    • C22B41/00—Obtaining germanium
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C01—INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C01B—NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; METALLOIDS OR COMPOUNDS THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASS C01C
    • C01B33/00—Silicon; Compounds thereof
    • C01B33/02—Silicon
    • C01B33/037—Purification
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C25—ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25B—ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF COMPOUNDS OR NON-METALS; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25B1/00—Electrolytic production of inorganic compounds or non-metals
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C25—ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25B—ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF COMPOUNDS OR NON-METALS; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25B1/00—Electrolytic production of inorganic compounds or non-metals
    • C25B1/01—Products
    • C25B1/33—Silicon
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C25—ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25C—PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC PRODUCTION, RECOVERY OR REFINING OF METALS; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25C3/00—Electrolytic production, recovery or refining of metals by electrolysis of melts
    • C25C3/34—Electrolytic production, recovery or refining of metals by electrolysis of melts of metals not provided for in groups C25C3/02 - C25C3/32
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C25—ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25C—PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC PRODUCTION, RECOVERY OR REFINING OF METALS; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25C7/00—Constructional parts, or assemblies thereof, of cells; Servicing or operating of cells
    • C25C7/005—Constructional parts, or assemblies thereof, of cells; Servicing or operating of cells of cells for the electrolysis of melts

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  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Materials Engineering (AREA)
  • Metallurgy (AREA)
  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • Electrochemistry (AREA)
  • Inorganic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Electrolytic Production Of Metals (AREA)
  • Silicon Compounds (AREA)

Abstract

Silicon or germanium is refined by cathodic deposition using a fused salt electrolyte containing a fluoride and an anode of the impure metal or an alloy thereof with a nobler metal. The electrolyte may consist of one or more alkali metal or alkaline earth metal fluorides or cryolites with optionally aluminium fluoride or up to 10% by weight of an oxide of the metal to be refined, or of one or more alkali metal or alkaline earth metal chlorides together with one or more alkali metal or alkaline earth metal fluorides or fluosilicates. The anode may be solid and dip into the melt which is kept below the anode melting point, the refined metal being deposited on the carbon or graphite crucible walls which serve as the cathode and also dispersed in the melt or it may be molten, either as impure Ge or as a Si or Ge alloy, typically of Cu, on the bottom of the crucible covered by the fused salt into which dips a cathode of carbon or graphite.
GB9362/63A 1962-03-14 1963-03-08 Electrolytic refining of silicon and germanium Expired GB989452A (en)

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US179726A US3219561A (en) 1962-03-14 1962-03-14 Dual cell refining of silicon and germanium
US179725A US3254010A (en) 1962-03-14 1962-03-14 Refining of silicon and germanium

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GB989452A true GB989452A (en) 1965-04-22

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CH (2) CH410441A (en)
DE (2) DE1217077B (en)
GB (2) GB993192A (en)
NL (2) NL290208A (en)

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GB993192A (en) 1965-05-26
DE1213627B (en) 1966-03-31
DE1217077B (en) 1966-05-18
CH409416A (en) 1966-03-15
NL290208A (en)
US3219561A (en) 1965-11-23
US3254010A (en) 1966-05-31
NL290209A (en)
CH410441A (en) 1966-03-31

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