Magnetic damping of melt motions during Bridgman crystal growth in microgravity

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3123, Issue , 1997, Pages 254-261

  Ma, Nancy ^a   Walker, John S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Bridgman; Buoyant convection; G jitters; Magnetic damping; Microgravity; Residual acceleration

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DAMPING; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); JITTER; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETISM; MATERIALS SCIENCE; MICROGRAVITY; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; VORTICITY;

BRIDGMAN; BUOYANT CONVECTION; G-JITTERS; MAGNETIC DAMPING; RESIDUAL ACCELERATION;

ACCELERATION;

EID: 1242328018     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.277728     Document Type: Conference Paper

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