Abstract
The Brazilian Microgravity Program is mainly based on experiments carried out on sounding rockets. A solidification furnace, capable of producing temperatures up to 900 °C, was developed to process metal and semiconductor alloys in microgravity environment. This paper describes a solidification experiment made in this furnace during a parabolic flight, with two eutectic alloys. The behavior of the eutectic alloys PbSn with 26.1 Pb at. % composition, and PbTe with 10.9 Pb at. % composition were presented and compared with laboratory solidifications carried out in the same furnace and thermal cycle. It was concluded that the formation of dendritic structures in PbSn alloy is related to the presence of sedimentation and convective flow during solidification, and the size of these structures is connected to the solidification time. Thus, in the microgravity alloy, there was no formation of dendritic structures and the profile of solute distribution remained constant throughout the sample. For the PbTe eutectic alloy the microgravity conditions have not caused significant changes compared to the earth solidified sample.
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