The ThermoLab project: High-Precision Thermophysical Property Data of Liquid Metals for Modelling of Industrial Solidification Processes

摘要

Most properties of metals and alloys of technological relevance and industrial use, such as mechanical strength, creep resistance, ductility, wear resistance etc. are determined by their microstructure. The microstructural control is in turn very important for quality control and the design of new advanced materials for specific technological applications, for example in aerospace, energy conversion, transport and microelectronics. In particular during melt processing, for example in casting, welding, single crystal growth and directional solidification, the crystal nucleation and growth is controlled by the thermophysical properties of the melt.