RE: [Vo]:A theory of zone melting

2010-10-04 Thread Mike Carrell
Zone melting purification is standard in the semiconductor industry since the 1940’s when it was developed at Bell Laboratories, enabling the development of the transistor. After standard purification of the silicon or germanium bole, zone melting provides the final step of purification before a

Re: [Vo]:A theory of zone melting

2010-10-04 Thread mixent
In reply to David Jonsson's message of Mon, 4 Oct 2010 18:49:04 +0200: Hi, [snip] Zone melting is a technique to separate impurities in a material. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_melting There is no public theory on the purification effect of zone melting. It is an empirical subject.

Re: [Vo]:A theory of zone melting

2010-10-04 Thread Jed Rothwell
Mike Carrell mi...@medleas.com wrote: Zone melting purification is standard in the semiconductor industry since the 1940’s when it was developed at Bell Laboratories, enabling the development of the transistor. . . . It was secretly developed after hours, against the explicit orders of