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Use of Rotating Magnetic Field for Selenium Impurity Transport in Zone Refining of Tellurium and Cadmium

J. Roszmann¹, Y.C. Liu¹, S. Dost^1,2, B. Lent¹, S. Grenier³, N. Audet³

1 Crystal Growth Laboratory, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 3P6
2 Corresponding author. Tel: +1-250-721 8898; Fax: +1-250-721 6294. E-mail: sdost@me.uvic.ca (S. Dost)
3 5N Plus Inc, Rue Garand, Saint-Laurent, QC, Canada H4R 2B4

Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing 2009, 5(3), 231-244. https://doi.org/10.3970/fdmp.2009.005.231

Abstract

The article presents the results of a combined numerical and experimental study of the effect of rotating magnetic field on impurity transport in a zone refining system. An impurity (selenium) with a segregation coefficient close to unity was targeted. The three-zone system previously developed was used for experiments and numerical simulations. The numerical simulations were performed for tellurium (Te) and cadmium (Cd) molten zones, but the experiments could only be carried out for the Te-system.

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