Method for manufacturing silicon mirror wafer, silicon mirror wafer, and heat treatment furnace

Abstract

There are provided a manufacturing process for a mirror finished silicon wafer capable of manufacturing a mirror finished silicon wafer, having an excellent quality in which grown-in crystal defects are annihilated by heat-treating the silicon mirror finished wafer in a heat treatment in a gas atmosphere of high safety at a lower cost without selection of a heat treatment furnace for use in the heat treatment, a mirror finished silicon wafer having an excellent quality, and a heat treatment furnace preferably used in the manufacturing process. In the manufacturing process for a mirror finished silicon wafer comprising the steps of: connecting a reaction tube of a heat treatment furnace to a supply line for a non-oxidative raw material gas via a connection portion; supplying a non-oxidative gas into the reaction tube through the supply line and the connection portion; and heat-treating the mirror finished silicon wafer in the heat treatment furnace in an atmosphere of a non-oxidative gas, wherein a content of impurities in the non-oxidative gas supplied into the reaction tube is 3 ppm or less.

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