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Coarsening experiment prepared for flight
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Hickman, J. Mark |
| Copyright Year | 2003 |
| Description | The Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures-2 (CSLM-2) experiment is a materials science spaceflight experiment whose purpose is to investigate the kinetics of competitive particle growth within a liquid matrix. During coarsening, small particles shrink by losing atoms to larger particles, causing the larger particles to grow. In this experiment, solid particles of tin will grow (coarsen) within a liquid lead-tin eutectic matrix. The following figures show the coarsening of tin particles in a lead-tin (Pb-Sn) eutectic as a function of time. By conducting this experiment in a microgravity environment, we can study a greater range of solid volume fractions, and the effects of sedimentation present in terrestrial experiments will be negligible. The CSLM-2 experiment flew November 2002 on space shuttle flight STS-113 for operation on the International Space Station, but it could not be run because of problems with the Microgravity Science Glovebox in the U.S. Laboratory module. Additional samples will be sent to ISS on subsequent shuttle flights. |
| File Size | 121630 |
| Page Count | 3 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20050215023 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t20c9x22k |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2003-03-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Space Processing Space Transportation System Flights International Space Station Liquid-solid Interfaces Space Shuttles Spaceborne Experiments Kinetics Sediments Microgravity Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |