The video shows how heat, fluid, and solute intertwine during the melting and solidification of metal in a 3D printing process. As the laser melts the metal, the molten pool flows and mixes with the ...

Self-assembled solidifying eutectic materials directed by a template with miniature features demonstrate unique microstructures and patterns as a result of diffusion and thermal gradients caused by ...

casting is a very complicated process. The most important part is the rate at which a casting cools down. Many properties of the casting are affected by this rate, which eventually determines the ...

“The known strength properties of aluminum always entailed a ‘catch’: when it exceeds 200°C, it becomes much weaker, thus excluding it from engines, turbines, and similar applications in warmer ...

The new research has developed a computational model to reveal how solute trapping occurs during the rapid solidification process in additive manufacturing (AM). Effect of solute trapping on the rapid ...