A susceptor made of a conductive material which has a melting point higher than that of a starting material and which does not react with the melt of the starting material is heated to a temperature not lower than the melting point of the starting material by the radio frequency induction heating. The...http://www.google.fr/patents/US4323418?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US4323418 - Method for growing a pipe-shaped single crystal
