Solidification of Highly Undercooled Liquid Droplets

Abstract

Research has been focused upon metastable phase formation and the controlling phase selection reactions, the evolution of solidification microstructure under the combined influence of undercooling, recalescence and external cooling and several other aspects of undercooled alloy solidification and product structure stability. The experimental approach that has been applied to carry out these studies is based on the droplet emulsion technique. With this method, samples may be produced which exhibit large undercoolings prior to solidification during slow cooling (10-30 deg C/min) and which may be maintained in the metastable undercooled state for extended time periods without the intervention of crystallization.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA218776

Entities

People

  • John H. Perepezko

Organizations

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemistry
  • Crystallization
  • Dispersions
  • Emulsions
  • Fluids
  • Glass Transition Temperature
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Of Fusion
  • Latent Heat
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Phase Diagrams
  • Phase Transformations
  • Solid Solutions
  • Thermodynamics
  • Transition Temperature

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Powder metallurgy of Titanium alloys.