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Q: Purification of SiCl4 (Silicon Tetrachloride) gas without distilling ( No Answer,   1 Comment )
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Subject: Purification of SiCl4 (Silicon Tetrachloride) gas without distilling
Category: Science > Chemistry
Asked by: lswindia-ga
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Posted: 13 Oct 2004 00:51 PDT
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Question ID: 414086
I have been conducting trials on producing "Fumed Silica" by
hydrolized method & have obtained a white fluffy SiO2 of >99.5%
purity. (Stage 1)However I feel the process to produce SiCl4 in a
retort by reacting Si Metal >99% purity with vapourised Cl2 is
elaborate. (Stage 2)After trapping & removing impurities higher
chlorides Fe, Ti, Al etc. (Stage 3)the vapours are condensed into
liquid SiCl4. (Stage 4)Assuming the liquid is in a crude form it is
further refluxed & distilled to remove traces of chlorides. (Stage
5)The resultant vapours are then converted to pure liquid SiCl4
>99.5%. (Stage 6)This is again vapourised and mixed with a flow of O2
& H2 gas under controlled conditions to burn in a flame under a
rotating cooled drum on which hydrolized SiO2 soot is deposited &
scraped off.

My Question is: Is it possible to produce SiCl4 of the same purity by bypassing 
stages 3,4,5 & 6 by just extracting or diverting the SiCl4 formed at
Stage 1 i.e. at the far end of the retort & mixing it with the H2 gas
directly at Stage 6 before feeding it into the burners?
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Subject: Re: Purification of SiCl4 (Silicon Tetrachloride) gas without distilling
From: acrh2-ga on 13 Oct 2004 14:42 PDT
 
Of course. Just start with a higher purity Si.

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