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Studies of thermophysical properties of metals and semiconductors by containerless processing under microgravity
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Stenzel, C. Soellner, W. Seidel, A. |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Description | Electromagnetic levitation under microgravity provides unique opportunities for the investigation of liquid metals, alloys and semiconductors, both above and below their melting temperatures, with minimized disturbances of the sample under investigation. The opportunity to perform such experiments will soon be available on the ISS with the EML payload which is currently being integrated. With its high-performance diagnostics systems EML allows to measure various physical properties such as heat capacity, enthalpy of fusion, viscosity, surface tension, thermal expansion coefficient, and electrical conductivity. In studies of nucleation and solidification phenomena the nucleation kinetics, phase selection, and solidification velocity can be determined. Advanced measurement capabilities currently being studied include the measurement and control of the residual oxygen content of the process atmosphere and a complementary inductive technique to measure thermophysical properties. |
| File Size | 1550563 |
| Page Count | 9 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20120015587 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t8jd9vn9q |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2012-09-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Space Processing Thermal Expansion International Space Station Containerless Melts Semiconductors Materials Metals Levitation Supercooling Experiment Design Microgravity Thermophysical Properties Magnetic Suspension Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |