Improvement of Impurities Removal from Silica Sand
The silicon solar grade destined for the photovoltaic applications required a high purity >99.9999%, its cycle of production consists firstly of enriching the silica by acid leaching. In the present work, we have tried to enhance the extraction rate of impurities from Algerian silica sand by means of sequential leaching process using several solvents like HF, HCl, H2SO4, NaOH.