Silicon is a super useful material for creating electronic devices such as computers and cellphones. In addition, single crystal silicon has much less problems due to its high purity. Are you aware about how single crystal silicon is produced? It’s time to be introduced to silicon crystal growth furnace.
How is Single Crystal Silicon Produced?
Use an SMG in a silicon crystal growth furnace. This furnace is a giant oven and can become extra hot. Within the furnace is a special container that is where the silicon is melted. A little seed crystal is dipped into the molten silicon when it melts. The growing silicon crystals stay neatly arranged around this seed crystal, ultimately forming a single crystal.
He who can grow a silicon crystal can build a microprocessor.
The growth furnace for silicon crystals, called the Czochralski method, is used to grow single crystal silicon. This technique simply requires close control over the furnace temperature and the rate at which the seed crystal is withdrawn from the molten silicon. Tweaking these factors allows us to produce high quality single crystal silicon ideal for use in electronics.
How to go about creating High Quality Single Crystal Silicon
The furnace to grow silicon crystals is heated.
The furnace melts the silicon material into the form of liquid silicon.
A seed crystal is slowly inserted into the liquid silicon.
A seed crystal is then slowly withdrawn from the liquid silicon so that new silicon crystals grow in a particular direction.
The single crystal silicon is cooled down gradually and removed from the furnace.