Silicon melts in reverse

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Bericht 03-08-'10, 17:33

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Silicon melts in reverse

http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/43399


A bizarre property of silicon could lead to a cheaper way of purifying this most useful of electronic materials. That is according to researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) who have observed the effect of silicon melting when cooled – a process that results in the separation of silicon from some of its impurities
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