TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of processing conditions on drop behavior in an electromagnetic levitator
AU - Hahn, S. H.
AU - Sakai, Y.
AU - Tsukada, T.
AU - Hozawa, M.
AU - Imaishi, N.
AU - Kitagawa, S.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is the result of the ‘‘Technology for Production of High Quality Crystal’’ program, which is supported by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) through the Japan Space Utilization Promotion Center (JSUP) in the program of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI).
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - A mathematical model, which can predict the electromagnetic and temperature fields and also the shape of a molten silicon drop, has been developed for the improvement and determination of the optimal processing conditions in an electromagnetic levitation (EML) device recently developed to accurately measure the thermophysical properties of molten silicon. As a result, it was found that there exists an unstable state in which the drop was squeezed and then might be collapsed due to the electromagnetic force acting on the sample's surface. Also, the results suggest that the shape of the molten material is not necessarily a perfect sphere under the microgravity environment because of the electromagnetic force due to the heating coil current.
AB - A mathematical model, which can predict the electromagnetic and temperature fields and also the shape of a molten silicon drop, has been developed for the improvement and determination of the optimal processing conditions in an electromagnetic levitation (EML) device recently developed to accurately measure the thermophysical properties of molten silicon. As a result, it was found that there exists an unstable state in which the drop was squeezed and then might be collapsed due to the electromagnetic force acting on the sample's surface. Also, the results suggest that the shape of the molten material is not necessarily a perfect sphere under the microgravity environment because of the electromagnetic force due to the heating coil current.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11663-998-0025-y
DO - 10.1007/s11663-998-0025-y
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0031988642
VL - 29
SP - 223
EP - 228
JO - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science
JF - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science
SN - 1073-5615
IS - 1
ER -