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Lecture 3: Solidification
• Solidification of pure metal
• Interface motion
• Geometry of solidificaiton
• Dendrites
• Soidification of binary alloy
Ingots
dendrites
dendrite of
ice in water
dendrites of water in ice
Dendrites of ice on window, Harbin, China
Binary alloy
x
C0 / k
c o nc e n t ra t io n
st eady
state
C0
kC0
Dis t a n c e
Assumptions
• Steady-state growth
• Binary alloy
• Equilibrium at interface
Facetted dendrites