Separation of primary solid phases from Al-Si alloy melts

摘要

The iron-rich solids formed during solidification of Al-Si aloys which are known to be detrimental to the mechanical, physical and chemical properties of the aloys should be removed. On the other hand, Al-Si hypereutectic alloys are used to extract the pure primary silicon which is suitable for photovoltaic cells in the solvent refining process. One of the important issues in iron removal and in solvent reifning is the effective separation of the crystalized solids from the Al-Si aloy melts. This paper describes the separation methods of the primary solids from Al-Si aloy melts such as sedimentation, draining, ifltration, electromagnetic separation and centrifugal separation, focused on the iron removal and on the separation of silicon in the solvent refining process.