The solidification characteristics of near rapid and supercooling directional solidification

In the comparison of the solidification characteristics of supercooling directional solidification (SDS) with constrained directional solidification (DS) and with the consideration of the inheritance of supercooled melt, the SDS technique established with the combination of melt supercooling and traditional DS was proposed. An exploring study on SDS techniques was also conducted using appropriate facilities, designed and manufactured by the authors' laboratory and the deep supercooling of Cu-5.0%Ni alloy, and its DSs were implemented. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.