Improved radial segregation via the destabilizing vertical Bridgman configuration

Journal of Crystal Growth

Volumn 260, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 263-276

  Sonda, Paul ^a   Yeckel, Andrew ^a   Daoutidis, Prodromos ^a   Derby, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

A1. Computer simulation; A1. Convection; A1. Fluid flows; A1. Mass transfer; A1. Segregation; A2. Bridgman technique

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT CONVECTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; MASS TRANSFER; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

FLOW TRANSITIONS;

CRYSTAL GROWTH;

EID: 0242607824     PISSN: 00220248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2003.08.007     Document Type: Article

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