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Titel

Metallkristallisation an rotierenden Kühlzylindern – Mechanismen und Prozessmodell zur Kontrolle einer Hochreinigung von Metallen am Beispiel von Aluminium

Projekt Art

Grundlagenforschung

Förderer

DFG

Laufzeit

01.07.2019 – 30.06.2022

Partner

ACCESS e.V, Institute of Industrial Furnaces of RWTH (IOB)

Research Area

Description

The project aims to research an alternative method for the synthesis of ultrapure metals. The core element is fractional crystallization, implemented with an internally cooled rotating crystallizer (in short “Cooled-Finger”), on which the ultrapure metal grows from an impure melt. This method has the potential to replace the current zone melting process. However, the understanding for an effective application of this process, especially the process controlling parameters as well as a description of the mechanisms effective in the process, is currently not available. As a result, the process window for efficient cleaning and the associated parameters for controlling the solidification front dynamics will be developed. The collaboration of three working groups (IME, IOB, and ACCESS) with different research focuses will provide a quantitative understanding of the potential of this hitherto unexplored crystallization process. The physically based simulation models, developed by IOB and ACCESS, will allow a simplified transfer to other alloying systems.

 

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