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Optimization of Bulk Hgcdte Growth in a Directional Solidification Furnace by Numerical Simulation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

A.V. Bune ,
D.C. Gillies  and
S.L. Lehoczky
A.V. Bune
Affiliation:
NRC Fellow, NASA MSFC, ES 75, Huntsville, AL 35812, [email protected]
D.C. Gillies
Affiliation:
NASA MSFC, ES 75, Huntsville, AL 35812
S.L. Lehoczky
Affiliation:
NASA MSFC, ES 75, Huntsville, AL 35812
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Abstract

A numerical model of heat transfer by combined conduction, radiation and convection was developed using the FIDAP finite element code for NASA's Advanced Automated Directional Solidification Furnace (AADSF). The prediction of the temperature gradient in an ampoule with HgCdTe is a necessity for the evaluation of whether or not the temperature set points for furnace heaters and the details of cartridge design ensure optimal crystal growth conditions for this material and size of crystal. A prediction of crystal/melt interface shape and the flow patterns in HgCdTe are available using a separate complementary model.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 398: Symposium C – Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Phase Transformations , 1995 , 139
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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