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Article #10622Re: How do you make poly-silicon ingots?
From: Mark Robert Thorson
Date: Sun, 05 May 1991 23:34
Date: Sun, 05 May 1991 23:34
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That posting reminds me of something else. Where exactly does semiconductor silicon come from? I vaguely remembering hearing that the starting material comes from someplace weird, like it's a by-product of the Bessemer converter process for making steel or something.
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