2010-06-07
On Nucleation Temperature of Pure Aluminum in Magnetic Fields
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Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, Vol. 15, 45-52, 2010
Abstract
Solidification of pure aluminum without and with a magnetic field has been investigated by differential thermal analysis (DTA). DTA curves showed that the nucleation temperature of pure aluminum was decreased as a magnetic field strength increased although its melting process was almost not influenced. The nucleation suppression could be attributed to the increase of the solid-liquid interfacial energy which might originate from more orderly arrangement of atoms on the solid-liquid interface upon applying a magnetic field.
Citation
Chuanjun Li, Hui Yang, Zhongming Ren, Weili Ren, and Yuqin Wu, "On Nucleation Temperature of Pure Aluminum in Magnetic Fields," Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, Vol. 15, 45-52, 2010.
doi:10.2528/PIERL10041412
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