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A relationship is established between the growth rate of silicon whiskers and the solubility of the crystallizing substance in metal solvent particles. The effect of the whisker diameter on the growth rate is analyzed. The solubility of the solid phase is shown to drop as the particle size of the solvent decreases (its specific surface increases). The practical importance of these findings is discussed.
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Translated from Neorganicheskie Materialy, Vol. 41, No. 12, 2005, pp. 1425–1428.
Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Nebol'sin, Shchetinin, Dolgachev, Korneeva.
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Nebol'sin, V.A., Shchetinin, A.A., Dolgachev, A.A. et al. Effect of the Nature of the Metal Solvent on the Vapor-Liquid-Solid Growth Rate of Silicon Whiskers. Inorg Mater 41, 1256–1259 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10789-005-0296-5
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