Abstract
Under conditions of weak convection in the liquid during metal solidification and crystal growth, large chemical inhomogeneities can occur due to insufficient mixing of the melt. In this project a series of experiments with increasing melt flow, driven by thermo-capillary forces, have been performed in a Get Away Special flight. The level of convection was evaluated quantitatively from analysis of axial segregation profiles. As expected a significantly stronger radial segregation has occurred in the space grown material compared to ground based reference experiments. It was also found that there was a shift of the position of maximum concentration when the flow was increased. Unexpected axial solute maxima were also revealed in the space samples. A comparison was made to numerical simulations, and good correlations were found to first order effects.
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