Process for crystalline growth employing collimated electrical energy

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A PROCESS FOR GROWING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CRYSTALLINE BOULE FROM FEED CONSTITUENTS COMPRISING THE STEPS OF CONCURRENTLY ESTABLISHING AN ELECTRIC ARC BETWEEN A FIRST ELECTRODE AND A BOULE-GROWING SURFACE POSITIONED THEREFROM, PASSING A GAS STREAM IN INTIMATE CONTACT WITH SAID FIRST ELECTRODE TO CONTAIN THE ARC, PASSING THE ARC-CONTAINING GAS STREAM THROUGH AN ORIFICE TO COLLIMATE THE ARC ENERGY AND THE GAS STREAM AS WELL AS TO PRODUCE A HIGH-PRESSURE ARC AND A HIGH THERMAL CONTENT EFFLUENT, PASSING THE HOT EFFLUENT TO A BOULE-GROWING ZONE AND HEATING SAID BOULE-GROWING SURFACE POSITIONED WITHIN SUCH ZONE, INTRODUCING SAID FEED CONSTITUENTS IN SAID BOULE-GROWING ONE AND HEATING SUCH CONSTITUENTS BY PASSAGE IN THE HOT EFFLUENT TO PRODUCE BOULE-GROWING