Patent ID: 6447734
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: C23C,C30B

Abstract:
A vaporization and cracker cell apparatus, comprising:a vaporization cell having a heating chamber for holding a chemical material to be vaporized; a heat source disposed in the heating chamber and adapted to provide sufficient thermal energy to vaporize the chemical material; and a thermal cracker cell communicatively connected to an outlet of the vaporization cell, the cracker cell including an elongated tube with a heating element associated therewith, the tube having a passageway with a diameter of a first dimension that narrows to a smaller second dimension by way of a tapering section in the tube, the tapering section located distally apart from an inlet of the tube, the smaller second dimension of the tube being substantially maintained from the tapering section to an exit opening of the tube, the heating element adapted to provide sufficient thermal energy to dissociate molecular clusters of vaporized chemical material.