Crystal Growth and Control during Metal Solidification

Author: Chang Guowei
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Publish Date: 2002-03-01
Features: This book focuses on explaining the thermodynamics of crystal growth, transport phenomena in crystal growth, crystal growth morphology and growth rate, the stability of solid-liquid interfaces, cellular and dendritic growth, and crystal growth in multiphase alloys. It also provides a detailed introduction to the behavior of crystal growth under the action of electric current, comprehensively introduces the electric slag induction continuous directional solidification method, and discusses related issues in controlling the crystal growth process using this method.