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Thermal diffusion in metal-sulfide liquids - Early resultsExperiments were carried out to evaluate the Soret effect in liquid Fe-Ni-S-P alloys in order to gain a better understanding of the physical and thermodynamic properties of metallic liquids and to assess the possibility of systematic errors in Czochralski growth techniques. The metal-sulfide liquids were found to show a substantial Soret effect and, contrary to previous expectation, can be as large as that seen in the silicate system. The segregation is largely produced by S-Fe interactions. The P redistribution occurs to reduce activity gradients in P consequent upon S gradients, and P segregation can be approximately predicted in Fe-Ni-S liquids using the activity model of Jones and Malvin (1990). It is inferred that the sense of the Soret segregation, with P going to the cold end and S going to the hot end, is in accordance with the prediction of Malvin et al. (1986), who speculated that the crystal-pulling experiments of Sellamuthu and Goldstein (1985) was influenced by the Soret effect.
Document ID
19910057733
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Jones, J. H.
(NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Walker, D.
(Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory; Columbia University Palisades, NY, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1991
Subject Category
Inorganic And Physical Chemistry
Meeting Information
Meeting: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
Location: Houston, TX
Country: United States
Start Date: March 12, 1990
End Date: March 16, 1990
Accession Number
91A42356
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG9-39
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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