Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B

, Volume 2, Issue 11, pp 3021–3026 | Cite as

The use of controlled solidifcation and melting experiments to determine liquidus and solidus boundaries

  • J. D. Verhoeven
  • E. D. Gibson
Transport Phenomena
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Abstract

Theoretical steady-state solute profiles at melting and solidifying interfaces predict that the solid-liquid interface temperature should correspond to the liquidus temperature upon melting and the solidus temperature upon freezing. Experiments have been carried out with Sn−Bi and Sn−Sb alloys which show that it is experimentally possible to achieve the predicted steady-state profiles on melting and freezing in concentrated alloys. A technique was developed to measure solid-liquid interface temperatures and the solidus and liquidus phase boundaries were determined in these two systems. The results are compared to literature values.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • J. D. Verhoeven
    • 1
  • E. D. Gibson
    • 1
  1. 1.Ames Laboratory of the U.S. Atomic Energy CommissionIowa State UniversityAmes

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