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An investigation into the influence of a transverse magnetic field (0.45 T) on the mushy zone morphology and macrosegregation in directionally solidified hypoeutectic Pb-Sn alloy shows that the field has no influence on the morphology of dendritic arrays. The field does, however, cause severe distortion in the cellular array morphology. Cellular arrayed growth with the magnetic field results in an extensive channel formation in the mushy zone, as opposed to the wellaligned and uniformly distributed cells formed in the absence of the field. The channels are produced due to the anisotropy in the thermosolutal convection caused by the magnetic field. Macrosegregation, however, along the length of the directionally solidified samples is not influenced by this magnetic field for either the cellular or dendritic arrays.
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Tewari, S.N., Shah, R. & Song, H. Effect of magnetic field on the microstructure and macrosegregation in directionally solidified Pb-Sn alloys. Metall Mater Trans A 25, 1535–1544 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02665485
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