The emissivity of silicon can be found in some articles and papers on RTP
(Rapid Thermal Processing). For example, an article in Semiconductor
International (Aug 1991, p. 56) shows a graph of n-type silicon emissivity vs.
wavelength (0.5-15.0 microns) for 7 temperatures ranging from 543 to 1073K. The
source reference for the graph is T. Sato, "Spectral Emissivity of Silicon,"
Jap. J. Appl. Phys. 6, March, 1967, p. 339.

Alex Shimkunas
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Forwarded message:
From:   David.Wood@durham.ac.uk (David Wood)
Reply-to:       mems@ISI.EDU
To:     MEMS@ISI.EDU
Date: 96-06-25 16:11:41 EDT

Does anyone know what the emissivity of silicon is? I know it will be
temperature
dependent, but an idea of the room temperature value would be a good start
for us.

Cheers,

Dave Wood.