Device for Jerking Dendrite Interfaces Rapidly from the Melt
- 1 September 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 33 (9) , 999-1000
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1718050
Abstract
An electromechanical device is described which will abruptly remove growing crystals from melts in order to preserve interfacial detail. High initial acceleration, of the order of a thousand gravities, is provided by an impact mechanism. This acceleration, the subsequent travel, and the damping are adjustable, and the entire sequence is triggered electrically. Dendritic samples of germanium indicate preservation of interfacial detail on a scale of a few microns.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Growth of Atomically Flat Surfaces on Germanium DendritesJournal of Applied Physics, 1960
- Dendritic Growth of Germanium CrystalsPhysical Review B, 1959
- On Cavity Formation in WaterJournal of Applied Physics, 1947