Quartz, though, is at least a partial exception ... silicon for the Czochralski method of growing monocrystalline silicon ingots. The piezoelectric effect, a property of certain crystals to ...

thus raising some fears that it would disrupt the accessible and affordable supply of quartz needed to create silicon ingots. These ingots are sliced into thin wafers and polished, then etched to ...

the scientists explained that the walls of the quartz crucible are the main sources of oxygen during the CZ process. This oxygen may then evaporate or be dissolved into the silicon ingots.