An experimental apparatus,which has a convection generator and an aid-heater,is developedfor the study of the effect of stable laminar liquid flow on the directional solidification processby the use of transparent alloy SCN-2wt-% Ace.The flow is perpendicular to primary arms.By in-situ observation and photographing at different specific moments,it has been found thatsuch a flow can cause a great change in primary spacings of constrained columnar crystals:forcells,the spacings become smaller;but for dendrites,they become larger.The former is mainlydue to the tilted growth of upstreamside branches,while the latter is mainly due to the coup-ling effect of liquid flow with solutal field around dendrite tips.The faster the liquid flows,thefurther smaller the cell spacing and the further larger the dendrite spacing.
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