Temperature fluctuations of the Marangoni flow in a liquid bridge of molten silicon under microgravity on board the TR-IA-4 rocket

Shin Nakamura, Taketoshi Hibiya, Koichi Kakimoto, Nobuyuki Imaishi, Shin Ichi Nishizawa, Akira Hirata, Kusuhiro Mukai, Shin Ichi Yoda, Tomoji S. Morita

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Abstract

Temperature fluctuation measurements in a liquid bridge of molten silicon, which shows the Marangoni flow in highly super-critical condition, are performed in a half-zone configuration under microgravity on board a TR-IA-4 rocket and on the ground. In the microgravity experiment, two types of temperature oscillation are observed during the melting process of silicon and in the cylindrical half-zone melt. The former oscillation, which has a frequency of about 0.1 Hz during the melting process, has an antiphase correlation of temperature oscillation measured in thermocouples separated by 90° azimuthal angles. The latter oscillation in the cylindrical liquid bridge has no remarkable frequency; however, it tends to have the antiphase correlation in between thermocouples with 180° azimuthal angles. In the ground experiment, temperature fluctuations have a characteristic frequency of 0.2 Hz and there is an antiphase correlation of temperatures in thermocouples with 180° azimuthal angles by using the slender melt zone.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)85-94
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Crystal Growth
Volume186
Issue number1-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 1 1998

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

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