Dynamics of the freezing front during the solidification of a colloidal alumina aqueous suspension: In situ x-ray radiography, tomography, and modeling

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3570-3578

  Bareggi, Andrea ^a   Maire, Eric ^a   Lasalle, Audrey ^b   Deville, Sylvain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b SAINT GOBAIN RECHERCHE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; DYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREEZING; ICE; SOLIDIFICATION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TOMOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

ADVANCED MATERIALS; ANALYTICAL CALCULATION; AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS; COLLOIDAL ALUMINA; COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; LOCAL TEMPERATURE; SOLIDIFICATION FRONTS; TWO-PHASE STEFAN PROBLEM;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 80053976179     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2011.04572.x     Document Type: Article

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