The Uses of Metal Silicon

In the aluminum alloy industry, silicon aluminum alloy is the most popular material. Silicon aluminum alloy is a strong composite deoxidizer. It can replace pure aluminum in the steelmaking process to increase the utilization rate of the deoxidizer. It also can purify molten steel and improve the quality of steel. The demand of silicon metal for aluminum is credible high.

Metal silicon can be purified by a series of processes to produce polycrystalline silicon and monocrystalline silicon. It can be used in the photovoltaic industry and the electronics industry.

Crystalline silicon cells are mainly used in solar rooftop power stations, commercial power stations and urban power stations with high land costs. They are the most common, mature and widely used solar photovoltaic products that occupies more than 80% of the world’s photovoltaic market. The growth rate of demand for metal silicon is very obvious. Almost all of modern large-scale integrated circuits are made of high-purity metal silicon. It is also the main raw material for the production of optical fibers. We can say the metal silicon is the basic pillar industry in the information era.