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Systems with a Miscibility Gap in the Liquid State

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Fluid Sciences and Materials Science in Space

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Immiscible alloys have gained a renewed scientific and technological interest, which was stimulated by results of experiments conducted under microgravity conditions. A large number of experiments was performed with immiscibles yielding surprising results, especially on the kinetics of phase separation. This chapter gives an overview of metallic immiscible alloys; we specifically discuss the thermodynamics, the mechanisms leading to separation of the immiscible liquids and experiments performed under microgravity conditions. An attempt is then made to define tasks for future activities and possible applications.

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  2. Dept. Casting of Metals, Royal Institute of Technology, S-10044, Stockholm, Sweden

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Predel, B., Ratke, L., Fredriksson, H. (1987). Systems with a Miscibility Gap in the Liquid State. In: Walter, H.U. (eds) Fluid Sciences and Materials Science in Space. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46613-7_15

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