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A theory of thermal oscillations in liquid metals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

A. E. Gill
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge

Abstract

Thermal oscillations have been found to occur during crystal growing, thereby introducing undesirable striations in the solid crystal produced. A reason for the existence of such oscillations is given in this paper, and relevant experiments discussed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1974 Cambridge University Press

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