A Facile and Low-Cost Method to Produce Ultrapure 99.99999% Gallium
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Refining Process
2.2. Quality Test
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Flow Rate and Temperature of the Cooling Water Influence on the Refining Process
3.2. Impurity Redistribution
3.3. Experimental Segregation Coefficient
3.4. Quality of Ultrapure Gallium
4. Conclusions
5. Patent
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Impurity | Fe | Pb | Zn | Mg | Cu | Cr | Purity % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Before refining | 15 | 56 | 24 | 76 | 107 | 40 | 99.9938 |
After refining | 0.93 | 0.68 | 1.05 | 0.34 | 0.22 | 0.97 | 99.9999958 |
Removal ratio (%) | 93.79 | 98.78 | 95.64 | 99.55 | 99.79 | 97.58 | – |
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Pan, K.; Li, Y.; Zhang, J.; Zhao, Q. A Facile and Low-Cost Method to Produce Ultrapure 99.99999% Gallium. Materials 2018, 11, 2308. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11112308
Pan K, Li Y, Zhang J, Zhao Q. A Facile and Low-Cost Method to Produce Ultrapure 99.99999% Gallium. Materials. 2018; 11(11):2308. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11112308
Chicago/Turabian StylePan, Kefeng, Ying Li, Jiawei Zhang, and Qing Zhao. 2018. "A Facile and Low-Cost Method to Produce Ultrapure 99.99999% Gallium" Materials 11, no. 11: 2308. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11112308