Method of purifying germanium bodies
US4165249A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 25, 1977 |
| Grant date | Aug 21, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 25, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P10/20
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A germanium body containing impurities therein, such as B or Al is provided with a layer of a gettering material such as pure Si or SiO.sub.2, along at least one surface of the body, a melt zone is generated about the so-coated body and passed a number of times from one end of the body to the other whereby the gettering material binds the impurities within the germanium body and complex-impurity compounds accumulate at the respective ends of the body. After a desired degree of purity is achieved, the melt zone is deenergized and the impurity-containing ends are severed from the remaining body portion and any excess gettering material is removed.
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