Abstract A concentrated binary system (Ge-Si) and a dilute one (Ge-Ga) have been solidified at 1 g, in a new vertical Bridgman furnace where radial thermal gradients have been minimized. Very different solutal boundary layer extents (δ Ge-Si = 3 cm, δ Ge-Ga = 2.5 mm) obtained for both systems solidified in the same thermal conditions are explained by simple analytical hydrodynamic models. It is demonstrated that : 1. The convective transport of Ga in the Ge-Ga system is due to the unavoidable residual horizontal thermal gradients associated with discontinuity of thermal properties at the solid-liquid interface. 2. The larger boundary layer extent observed for Ge-Si and the corresponding pure diffusive transport is the result of the stabilizing effect of the longitudinal solutal gradient in this system. Thus, in the case of dilute systems, convective effects can only be cancelled through a reduction of the gravity level. On the opposite, pure diffusive solute transport can be achieved in the vertical configuration a 1 g in the case of concentrated systems where a stabilizing solutal effect is operating.


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    Titel :

    Thermal and thermosolutal convective effects in bridgman solidification: Effect of orientation relative to gravity


    Beteiligte:
    Rouzaud, A. (Autor:in) / Camel, D. (Autor:in) / Favier, J.J. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1984-01-01


    Format / Umfang :

    7 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch



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