Melt generation and migration are important processes for the evolution of the Earth’s interior and impact the global convection of the mantle. While they have been the subject of numerous investigations, the typical time and lengthscales of melt transport are vastly different from global mantle convection, which determines where melt is generated. This makes it difficult to study mantle convec...

Melt ponds, a common feature on Arctic sea ice, absorb most of the incoming solar radiation and have a large effect on the melting rate of sea ice, which significantly influences climate change. Therefore, it is very important to monitor melt ponds in order to better understand the sea ice-climate interaction. In this study, melt pond retrieval models were developed using the TerraSAR-X dual-po...

The solidification paths of the Al86.1Mn2.5Be11.4 and Al84Mn5.1Be10.9 alloys, melt spun, cast into a copper mould and controlled cooled (during DSC) were investigated by means of light-optical microscopy (LOM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) combined with thermogravimetry (TG) or simultaneous thermal analysis (STA), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (...

Video microscopy is employed to study the melting behaviors of multilayer colloidal crystals composed of diameter-tunable microgel spheres confined between two walls. We systematically explore film thickness effects on the melting process and on the phase behaviors of single crystal and polycrystalline films. Thick films (>4 layers) are observed to melt heterogeneously, while thin films (≤4 lay...

Based on X-ray diffraction, microscopic and magnetic analysis, the structure and magnetic properties of Co77Zr18W5 melt-spun ribbons were studied in this paper. A new element to stabilize the metastable Co5Zr phase was found and the coercivity observed in Co-Zr alloys can be obviously enhanced by proper tungsten substitution. The Curie temperature of Co77Zr18W5 ribbons is 475 ̊C which suggests t...

An equilibrium Y-Si-0-N melt was infiltrated to eliminate the open porosity of reaction-bonded silicon nitride at 16001800°C. This oxynitride melt contained two equilibrium phases, a P-Si,N, solid phase and a liquid phase at high temperatures. Before infiltration, porous reaction-bonded silicon nitride compacts were heat-treated to completely transform to the P-Si3N, phase. After infiltration, ...

An advanced three-phase phase fi eld approach (PFA) is suggested for a nonequilibrium phase interface that contains an intermediate phase, in particular, a solid-solid interface with a nanometer-sized intermediate melt (IM). A thermodynamic potential in the polar order parameters is developed that satisfi es all thermodynamic equilibrium and stability conditions. The special form of the gradien...

A combined experimental and numerical study of the horizontal Bridgman growth of pure succinonitrile (SCN) has been performed. The effect of convection on interface propagation and shape is quantified and discussed. Measurements were obtained both under conditions of no-growth and for a 40 µm/s growth rate. The quantities measured include interface shape and location, melt velocities, and tempe...

We employ a continuous theory of two-phase flow to investigate the influence of grain boundary tension on distribution and migration of melts through a viscous matrix. The ‘disaggregation melt fraction’, the volume fraction of partial melt at which grain boundaries are completely wetted, is crucial in determining the total interfacial force per unit volume. In partially molten aggregates with s...

In a previous paper we have shown how small-angle neutron and x-ray scattering (SANS, SAXS) can be used to determine the melt compatibility of different polyolefins, including high-density (HD), low-density (LD), and linear low density (LLD) polyethylene. Such blends have attained widespread commercial applications, though the understanding of the mechanical and melt-flow properties of such ble...