EXPERIMENTAL AND ANALYTICAL STUDY OF SOLIDIFICATION OF A BINARY DENDRITIC SYSTEM

Experimental measurements are reported on the controlled solidification of a 30 pct aqueous solution of ammonium chloride in a two-dimensional slot. The actual measurements taken include the transient temperature profiles, the transient velocity fields (using tracers) and photographic observations. Through the statement of the differential energy balance and the laminar Navier-Stokes equations, written for both the liquid and the two phase regions, a mathematical model has been developed for the system. The theoretically predicted temperature and velocity profiles were found to be in good agreement with the experimentally measured values for both the two phase regions and the liquid region. For the experimental conditions the velocities in the liquid region were of the order of 0.4 to 0.8 cm/s, while the corresponding values for the two phase region were at least an order of magnitude smaller. © 1978 American Society for Metals and The Metallurgical Society of AIME.