A method of preparing pentachlorodisilane is disclosed. The method comprises partially reducing hexachlorodisilane with a metal hydride compound to give a reaction product comprising pentachlorodisilane. The method further comprises purifying the reaction product to give a purified reaction product comprising the pentachlorodisilane. The purified reaction product comprising pentachlorodisilane formed in accordance with the method is also disclosed.

To prevent solidified aluminum chloride from adhering to and accumulating on a pipe and also prevent stress-corrosion cracking in the pipe, a method for producing trichlorosilane includes a cooling step of cooling a discharge gas that is discharged from a fluidized-bed reactor and that contains the trichlorosilane, the cooling step involving causing a fluid to flow through a space (4) inside a side wall (3) of a pipe (10), the pipe being a pipe for discharging the discharge gas from the fluidized-bed reactor, in such a manner that the side wall (3) has a surface (1a) having a temperature of not lower than 110 C.

To provide a fluidized-bed reaction vessel and a trichlorosilane production method each of which can reduce corrosion and wear of a reaction container inner wall, a fluidized-bed reaction vessel causes metallurgical grade silicon powder and hydrogen chloride gas to react with each other for production of trichlorosilane. The fluidized-bed reaction vessel includes a plurality of ejection nozzles (20) standing on a distributor plate (11) as a bottom surface of a container body. The ejection nozzles (20) each have a gas ejection opening (22a) configured to allow hydrogen chloride gas to be ejected sideways. The plurality of ejection nozzles (20) include a first ejection nozzle (20a) adjacent to an outer wall (10a) of the container body, the first ejection nozzle (20a) having a gas ejection opening (22a) in such a pattern as to prevent hydrogen chloride gas from being ejected toward the outer wall (10a).

To provide a fluidized-bed reaction vessel and a trichlorosilane production method each of which can reduce corrosion and wear of a reaction container inner wall, a fluidized-bed reaction vessel causes metallurgical grade silicon powder and hydrogen chloride gas to react with each other for production of trichlorosilane. The fluidized-bed reaction vessel includes a plurality of ejection nozzles (20) standing on a distributor plate (11) as a bottom surface of a container body. The ejection nozzles (20) each have a gas ejection opening (22a) configured to allow hydrogen chloride gas to be ejected sideways. The plurality of ejection nozzles (20) include a first ejection nozzle (20a) adjacent to an outer wall (10a) of the container body, the first ejection nozzle (20a) having a gas ejection opening (22a) in such a pattern as to prevent hydrogen chloride gas from being ejected toward the outer wall (10a).

A production method is a method for producing trichlorosilane, the method including opening and closing, with use of a non-sliding valve (b1 to b4), an entry channel (f1), an exit channel (f2), a discharge channel (f31), and a discharge channel (f32) through each of which metallurgical grade silicon powder flows in a system for producing the trichlorosilane, the non-sliding valve including a valve body capable of being rotated without coming into contact with a valve seat.

A production method is a method for producing trichlorosilane, the method including opening and closing, with use of a non-sliding valve (b1 to b4), an entry channel (f1), an exit channel (f2), a discharge channel (f31), and a discharge channel (f32) through each of which metallurgical grade silicon powder flows in a system for producing the trichlorosilane, the non-sliding valve including a valve body capable of being rotated without coming into contact with a valve seat.

To provide (i) a new internal member capable of accelerating reaction between a gas and a solid, (ii) a fluidized-bed reactor in which such an internal member is placed, and (iii) a method for producing trichlorosilane with use of such a fluidized-bed reactor, an internal member in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention is an internal member for use in a fluidized-bed reactor, the internal member including at least one resistive element having an upper surface having a conical or pyramid-shaped portion.

To provide (i) a new internal member capable of accelerating reaction between a gas and a solid, (ii) a fluidized-bed reactor in which such an internal member is placed, and (iii) a method for producing trichlorosilane with use of such a fluidized-bed reactor, an internal member in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention is an internal member for use in a fluidized-bed reactor, the internal member including at least one resistive element having an upper surface having a conical or pyramid-shaped portion.

Generally unusable or difficultly useable dusts of ultrahigh purity silicon can be used to produce chlorosilanes under reasonable reaction conditions by employing a catalyst containing one or more of Co, Mo, W. The process may be incorporated into an integral plant for the production of polycrystalline silicon.

Methods of synthesizing SiH containing iodosilanes, such as diiodosilane or pentaiododisilane, using a halide exchange reaction are disclosed.