Solidification of Lead Tin and Lead Telluride Eutectic Alloys in Microgravity

• Published in: Microgravity science and technology Vol. 25; no. 5; pp. 267 - 273
• Main Authors: An, Chen Y., Toledo, Rafael C., Boschetti, César, Ribeiro, Manuel F., Bandeira, Irajá N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.02.2014; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics; Alloys; Classical and Continuum Physics; Engineering; Eutectic alloys; Furnaces; Intermetallics; Lead tellurides; Microgravity; Original Article; Semiconductors; Solidification; Space Exploration and Astronautics; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics; Suborbital flights; PbSn and PbTe alloys solidification; Microgravity; Solidification furnace

The Brazilian Microgravity Program is mainly based on experiments carried out on sounding rockets. A solidification furnace, capable of producing temperatures up to 900 °C, was developed to process metal and semiconductor alloys in microgravity environment. This paper describes a solidification expe...