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One-dimensional solidification of an alloy with a mushy zone: thermodiffusion and temperature-dependent diffusivity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2005

D. V. ALEXANDROV
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Physics, Urals State University, Lenin ave. 51, Ekaterinburg, 620083, RussiaDmitri.Alexandrov@usu.ru
D. L. ASEEV
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Physics, Urals State University, Lenin ave. 51, Ekaterinburg, 620083, RussiaDmitri.Alexandrov@usu.ru

Abstract

The effect of a temperature-dependent solute diffusion coefficient on a model of unidirectional solidification of a binary melt with a quasi-equilibrium mushy (two-phase) zone is studied. The Soret effect (thermodiffusion) is also included in the analysis. The concentration field in the liquid, solid and mushy phases, as well as the rate of solidification and mushy zone thickness, are found analytically as functions of all thermophysical parameters. The role of the nonlinear solute transport is detailed in the analysis. On the basis of analytical solutions, the regime of solidification with a quasi-equilibrium mushy zone is replaced by an equivalent discontinuity surface (frontal) regime with new boundary conditions.

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© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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