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Brazil has a Microgravity Program mainly based on experiments using sounding rockets. This paper presents a brief account of the Program and the experiments made on the Brazilian rockets. Up to now three missions carrying a total of 26 experiments were made. In all flights a fast solidification furnace, capable of producing temperatures up to 900°C, was tested with semiconductor and metal alloys. This paper describes the construction and the performance of that furnace during the last parabolic flight, occurred in 2010. The solidification furnace is now qualified and ready to be used by other institutions in sounding rocket flights.
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An, C.Y., Boschetti, C., Ribeiro, M.F. et al. Performance of a Solidification Furnace Developed for Sounding Rockets. Microgravity Sci. Technol. 23, 427–432 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12217-011-9263-8
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