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Single crystal growing method

US5690734A · kind A · utility

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30Claims
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Filing dateMar 19, 1996
Grant dateNov 25, 1997
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Expiry dateMar 19, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T117/1064
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process is disclosed for continuously producing a single crystal by drawing downwardly a melt of a single crystal raw material, wherein a single crystal body grown from the melt is continuously pulled downwardly, and a plurality of single crystal products are continuously formed by intermittently cutting the single crystal body being downwardly moved.

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