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Time-Resolved Measurements of Solidification and Undercooling in Metals and Alloys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

Harry A. Atwater ,
Jeffrey A. West ,
Patrick M. Smith ,
M.J. Aziz ,
J.Y. Tsao ,
P.S. Peercy  and
Michael O. Thompson
Harry A. Atwater
Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125
Jeffrey A. West
Affiliation:
Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
Patrick M. Smith
Affiliation:
Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
M.J. Aziz
Affiliation:
Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
J.Y. Tsao
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
P.S. Peercy
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
Michael O. Thompson
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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Abstract

We have performed nanosecond-resolution measurements of the lateral electrical resistivity of thin metal films on insulating substrates. Comparison of transient resistivity measurements with optical reflectivity measurements and heat-flow calculations permits the determination of the position and velocity of a planar crystal/melt interface, and an estimate of undercooling during pulsed laser melting of metals. We report detailed results for rapid solidification of Ni, including the observation of hypercooling of .liquid Ni.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 157: Symposium A – Beam-Solid Interactions: Physical Phenomena , 1989 , 369
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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