Inventors:
Maurice G. Fey - Plum Borough PA
Francis J. Harvey - Murrysville PA
Jack McDonald - Penn Hills PA
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp. - Pittsburgh PA
International Classification:
B01K 100, C01B 3302
Abstract:
A process for producing high purity silicon characterized by the employment of an electric arc heater into which a silicon halide is injected together with a metal reductant such as an alkali metal or an alkaline-earth metal which are reacted together by projecting them tangentially into a reaction chamber to cause the formation of liquid silicon and a gaseous metal halide salt which are separated in a suitable manner such as centrifugally or by condensation.