Interesting and fun article! Perhaps we need to find a cheap method to purify quartz haha, you know, like a Russian Matryoshka.
One question if I may. I had an impression that CZ method could not make high-purity silicon, but FZ method can. I'm surprised to hear you saying that CZ method can make "eleven 9s". Was I always misunderstanding something?
Oh never mind, I did a bit more research and realized that CZ or FZ methods are after purification, as you clearly stated in your article! Great that I'm learning :).
Did you read Ed Conway's Material World recently, per chance? It brings up much of the same comments on Taiwan's vulnerability to earthquakes, and talks at some length about the Spruce Pine facility and the chance the supply of quartz could be ruined.
Interesting and fun article! Perhaps we need to find a cheap method to purify quartz haha, you know, like a Russian Matryoshka.
One question if I may. I had an impression that CZ method could not make high-purity silicon, but FZ method can. I'm surprised to hear you saying that CZ method can make "eleven 9s". Was I always misunderstanding something?
Oh never mind, I did a bit more research and realized that CZ or FZ methods are after purification, as you clearly stated in your article! Great that I'm learning :).
Yup! Glad you liked it. We need a source of lab grown high purity quartz. Stat!
Did you read Ed Conway's Material World recently, per chance? It brings up much of the same comments on Taiwan's vulnerability to earthquakes, and talks at some length about the Spruce Pine facility and the chance the supply of quartz could be ruined.
No I haven’t read that but I looked it up and seems interesting. Thanks for telling me about it, I think I’ll pick it up.