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Dendritic growth in a supercooled alloy meltA simple model which describes the growth of an 'array' of dendrites into a supercooled, binary, alloy melt is presented. Solute diffusion is calculated by superposing the solutions given by Flemings and Zener, and also, by superposing the solutions given by Ivantsov and Flemings. A general expression for the transport solution is suggested from which all other dendrite growth models presented earlier may be obtained as special cases. It is shown that both 'free' and 'constrained' growth may be described by a single transport solution, which indicates that (1) both thermal and solutal effects will be important during 'free' growth in dilute alloys, (2) only solutal effects are predominant during 'free' growth in concentrated alloys and during 'constrained' growth. An examination of the relevant dimensionless parameters also suggests that all dendrite growth models, regardless of the assumptions used to determine the tip radius (marginal stability, minimum undercooling, maximum velocity, minimum entropy production) should predict the experimentally observed extrema in tip radius and growth velocity in dilute alloys, during 'free' dendritic growth. Experimental data in binary H2O-NaCl and succinonitrile-acetone solutions are shown to be in good agreement with the model.
Document ID
19880032739
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Laxmanan, V.
(NASA Lewis Research Center; Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1987
Subject Category
Metallic Materials
Meeting Information
Meeting: Undercooled alloy phases
Location: New Orleans, LA
Country: United States
Start Date: March 2, 1986
End Date: March 6, 1986
Sponsors: Metallurgical Society
Accession Number
88A19966
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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