Magnetic damping of buoyant convection during semiconductor crystal growth with g-jitters

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 212-215

  Ma, Nancy ^a   Walker, John S ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CRYSTAL GROWTH; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SOLIDIFICATION;

BRIDGMAN PROCESS; BUOYANT CONVECTION; MAGNETIC DAMPING;

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 0031121929     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: 15336808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.6224     Document Type: Article

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