Commercial tube welders adapted to metallurgical research. Proposed furnace melts and resolidifies small metal samples during brief periods. In furnace, sample surrounded by large heat sinks and rapidly heated near midlength by intense source of heat. Furnace intended for use in experiments in microgravity: entire melting-and-freezing process requires less than 20 s of near weightlessness experienced in parabolic climb and dive of KC-135 airplane.


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    Title :

    Fast Melting and Freezing for Microgravity Experiments


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    Publication date :

    1987-07-01



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    Miscellaneous


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    Language :

    English




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