摘要:
A graphite chuck for use in supporting a heated starter filament which thermally decomposes a gaseous silicon compound such that silicon is deposited on the starter filament and wherein the graphite chuck has an outer coated layer of glassy carbon formed from a thermoset organic resin that prevents the reaction of the interior graphite chuck with the by-products from the silicon decomposition process so that carbon-free polycrystalline silicon can be produced.