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Corrosion resistance of zircon reinforced alumina refractories has been carried out through static crucible test. The corrosion measurements with percentage, the penetration depth of molten steel and the microstructure of the refractories were evaluated after soaking 150 h at the temperature of 1500˚C. Results showed that the corrosion resistance of alumina increased by adding 20 wt% zirc...

A computational approach to the study of three-dimensional instabilities of flows in a Czochralski crucible is proposed. The flow is driven by buoyancy, thermocapillarity and rotation of the crystal and the crucible. The thermal boundary conditions account for the prescribed temperatures or heat flux, as well as convective and radiative heating or cooling of the boundaries. The numerical approa...

CeZnGe crystallizes with the hexagonal YPtAs-type structure, space group P63/mmc, a = 430.0(2), c = 1678.8(10) pm. A phase-pure sample was synthesized from the elements in a sealed tantalum crucible in a high-frequency furnace. Magnetic susceptibility measurements have revealed a trivalent cerium with an experimental magnetic moment of 2.67(1) μB/Ce atom. Ferromagnetic ordering sets in at TC = ...

National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001 Blackbody sources with nearly unity emittance that are in equilibrium with a pure freezing metal such as gold, silver, or copper are used as primary standard sources in the International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90). Recently, a facility using radio-frequency induction heating for melting and filling the blackbody...

A Robotic System is being developed to automate the crucible packing process in the CZ semiconductor wafer production. It requires the delicate manipulation and packing of highly irregular shaped polycrystalline silicon nuggets, into a fragile glass crucible. Here an on-line algorithm is presented to plan the packing. It uses a method called Virtual Trial and Error. The on-line algorithm handle...

The sleuth-like style and lucid writing certainly make this book an enjoyable read. Many explanations are framed by relevant historical context and tales of mathematicians whose use of experimental mathematics helped them gain insights into difficult problems. Although it was never intended to be a course textbook, it could be used as a supplementary text. Many of the chapters are short, and sh...