Removing boron from metallurgical grade silicon by a high basic slag refining technique

A new purification method of removing boron from metallurgical grade silicon (MG-Si) using a high baisicity slag was developed in this paper. The typical impurities Al, Ca, Ti, B, P etc in MG-Si can be removed by the binary calcium sillicate slag and it is especially efficient for removing...

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Main Authors: Wu J.J., Xu M., Liu K.B., Ma W.H., Yang B., Dai Y.N.
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Published: University of Belgrade, Technical Faculty, Bor 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Mining and Metallurgy. Section B: Metallurgy
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description A new purification method of removing boron from metallurgical grade silicon (MG-Si) using a high baisicity slag was developed in this paper. The typical impurities Al, Ca, Ti, B, P etc in MG-Si can be removed by the binary calcium sillicate slag and it is especially efficient for removing impurity Boron. It was found that the maximal distribution coefficient of boron between calcium sillicate slag and silicon reaches to 1.57 when the mass ratio of CaO/SiO2 was 1.5 and the composition was 60%CaO-40%SiO2. It showed that the oxidizability of calcium sillicate slag was affected and restricted by the basicity and the mass ratio of acid oxide SiO slag according to the thermodynamic relationship. The boron concentration in MG-Si can be reduced from 18x10-6 to 4.5x10-6 and 1.4x10-6, respectively, when using the ternary slags 40.5%CaO-49.5%SiO2-10%Li2O and 32CaO-38%SiO2-30%Li2O.
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spelling doaj-art-ffd713e70e2c4dd3bdee90ed428b59372025-02-02T02:20:56ZengUniversity of Belgrade, Technical Faculty, BorJournal of Mining and Metallurgy. Section B: Metallurgy1450-53392014-01-01501838610.2298/JMMB140202005W1450-53391400005WRemoving boron from metallurgical grade silicon by a high basic slag refining techniqueWu J.J.0Xu M.1Liu K.B.2Ma W.H.3Yang B.4Dai Y.N.5State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Cleaning Utilization in Yunnan Province, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China + Key Laboratory of Non-Ferrous Metals Vacuum Metallurgy of Yunnan Province, KunKey Laboratory of Non-Ferrous Metals Vacuum Metallurgy of Yunnan Province, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China + Engineering Research Center for Silicon Metallurgy and Silicon Materials of Yunnan Provincial Universities, Kunming UKey Laboratory of Non-Ferrous Metals Vacuum Metallurgy of Yunnan Province, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China + Engineering Research Center for Silicon Metallurgy and Silicon Materials of Yunnan Provincial Universities, Kunming UState Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Cleaning Utilization in Yunnan Province, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China + Key Laboratory of Non-Ferrous Metals Vacuum Metallurgy of Yunnan Province, KunKey Laboratory of Non-Ferrous Metals Vacuum Metallurgy of Yunnan Province, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China + Engineering Research Center for Silicon Metallurgy and Silicon Materials of Yunnan Provincial Universities, Kunming UState Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Cleaning Utilization in Yunnan Province, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China + Key Laboratory of Non-Ferrous Metals Vacuum Metallurgy of Yunnan Province, KunA new purification method of removing boron from metallurgical grade silicon (MG-Si) using a high baisicity slag was developed in this paper. The typical impurities Al, Ca, Ti, B, P etc in MG-Si can be removed by the binary calcium sillicate slag and it is especially efficient for removing impurity Boron. It was found that the maximal distribution coefficient of boron between calcium sillicate slag and silicon reaches to 1.57 when the mass ratio of CaO/SiO2 was 1.5 and the composition was 60%CaO-40%SiO2. It showed that the oxidizability of calcium sillicate slag was affected and restricted by the basicity and the mass ratio of acid oxide SiO slag according to the thermodynamic relationship. The boron concentration in MG-Si can be reduced from 18x10-6 to 4.5x10-6 and 1.4x10-6, respectively, when using the ternary slags 40.5%CaO-49.5%SiO2-10%Li2O and 32CaO-38%SiO2-30%Li2O.http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1450-5339/2014/1450-53391400005W.pdfmetallurgical grade siliconboronmolten slagbasicitydistribution coefficient
spellingShingle Wu J.J.
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Yang B.
Dai Y.N.
Removing boron from metallurgical grade silicon by a high basic slag refining technique
Journal of Mining and Metallurgy. Section B: Metallurgy
metallurgical grade silicon
boron
molten slag
basicity
distribution coefficient
title Removing boron from metallurgical grade silicon by a high basic slag refining technique
title_full Removing boron from metallurgical grade silicon by a high basic slag refining technique
title_fullStr Removing boron from metallurgical grade silicon by a high basic slag refining technique
title_full_unstemmed Removing boron from metallurgical grade silicon by a high basic slag refining technique
title_short Removing boron from metallurgical grade silicon by a high basic slag refining technique
title_sort removing boron from metallurgical grade silicon by a high basic slag refining technique
topic metallurgical grade silicon
boron
molten slag
basicity
distribution coefficient
url http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1450-5339/2014/1450-53391400005W.pdf
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