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    The BridgmanStockbarger method, or BridgmanStockbarger technique, is named after physicist Percy Williams Bridgman (1882–1961) and physicist Donald C...
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    be grown by this method, although lower defect densities in this case can be obtained using variants of the BridgmanStockbarger method. Other semiconductors...
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  • refining the technique developed by Percy Williams Bridgman, thereby co-naming the BridgmanStockbarger method—a process widely used in growing high-quality...
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    crystals are usually solid impurities. BridgmanStockbarger method Czochralski method Float-zone silicon Kyropoulos method Laser-heated pedestal growth Micro-pulling-down...
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    Hydrothermal synthesis (category Methods of crystal growth)
    century. George W. Morey at the Carnegie Institution and later, Percy W. Bridgman at Harvard University did much of the work to lay the foundations necessary...
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    some manufacturers still using 100 mm, and 2 inch substrates. BridgmanStockbarger method Monocrystalline silicon Float-zone silicon Laser-heated pedestal...
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    semiconductor industry synthetic boules can be made by a number of methods, such as the Bridgman technique and the Czochralski process, which result in a cylindrical...
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    single crystal is the semiconductor industry where methods such as the Czochralski process or Bridgman technique are employed. Also during the process of...
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    extensively on the scientific method and on other aspects of the philosophy of science. The Bridgman effect, the BridgmanStockbarger technique, and the high-pressure...
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    Skull crucible (category Methods of crystal growth)
    Single crystal Methods and technology Boules BridgmanStockbarger method Van Arkel–de Boer process Czochralski method Epitaxy Flux method Fractional crystallization...
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    Single crystal Methods and technology Boules BridgmanStockbarger method Van Arkel–de Boer process Czochralski method Epitaxy Flux method Fractional crystallization...
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    Float-zone silicon (category Methods of crystal growth)
    of satellites as it has higher conversion efficiency.: 364  BridgmanStockbarger method Micro-pulling-down Laser-heated pedestal growth Sze, S. M. (2012)...
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    the common methods. Equipment for the main industrial processes for crystallization. Tank crystallizers. Tank crystallization is an old method still used...
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    Fractional freezing (category Methods of crystal growth)
    frozen water with the highest concentration of salt melts first. Either method decreases the salinity of the remaining frozen water, and after multiple...
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    melting (or zone refining, or floating-zone method, or floating-zone technique) is a group of similar methods of purifying crystals, in which a narrow region...
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    movement), and the Bridgman technique. Dr. Teal and Dr. Little of Bell Telephone Laboratories were the first to use the Czochralski method to create Ge and...
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    The flux method is a crystal growth method where starting materials are dissolved in a solvent (flux), and are precipitated out to form crystals of a...
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    Van Arkel–de Boer process (category Methods of crystal growth)
    Single crystal Methods and technology Boules BridgmanStockbarger method Van Arkel–de Boer process Czochralski method Epitaxy Flux method Fractional crystallization...
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    Single crystal Methods and technology Boules BridgmanStockbarger method Van Arkel–de Boer process Czochralski method Epitaxy Flux method Fractional crystallization...
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    Grainer evaporation process) Semiconductor crystals – (BridgmanStockbarger method, Czochralski method) Silver – (Patio process, Parkes process) Silicon carbide...
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    energy requirements. Heterogeneous nucleation can take place by several methods. Some of the most typical are small inclusions, or cuts, in the container...
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    The Lely method, also known as the Lely process or Lely technique, is a crystal growth technology used for producing silicon carbide crystals for the semiconductor...
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    Epitaxy (category Methods of crystal growth)
    compound semiconductor growth is molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). In this method, a source material is heated to produce an evaporated beam of particles...
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    Fractional crystallization (chemistry) (category Methods of crystal growth)
    separation is performed either through a wash-column or a centrifuge. This method is more complex to operate, but offers the advantage of a high separation...
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    in rock that formed from magma Fractional crystallization (chemistry) – Method for refining substances based on differences in their solubility Igneous...
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    are grown using the Czochralski, zone melting and BridgmanStockbarger methods. The Czochralski method often uses polysilicon as the starting material....
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  • be formed via a number of different methods. A method to make the bulk solid is the Bridgman/Stockbarger method, in which the elements indium and selenium...
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  • There are several methods how good quality metal single crystal substrates can be manufactured. Czochralski and BridgmanStockbarger methods are common industrial...
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    Micro-pulling-down (category Methods of crystal growth)
    The micro-pulling-down (μ-PD) method is a crystal growth technique based on continuous transport of the melted substance through micro-channel(s) made...
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    Laser-heated pedestal growth (category Methods of crystal growth)
    of Nd3+:YAlO3 single crystals grown by the laser heated pedestal growth method". Optical Materials. 24 (4): 643–650. Bibcode:2004OptMa..24..643R. doi:10...
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