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A Study Of The Supercooling Behavior Of High Purity Liquid Bismuth, B. L. Bramfitt
A Study Of The Supercooling Behavior Of High Purity Liquid Bismuth, B. L. Bramfitt
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"This investigation involves a study of the supercooling behavior of pure bismuth as affected by the melting atmosphere, the amount of superheat, and the intentional addition of metallic and non-metallic foreign materials to the melt. It was found that the amount of oxide on the melt surface is a controlling factor in the degree of supercooling obtainable in bismuth. In the presence of a thick bismuth oxide surface layer the amount of superheat below a 15°C drastically decreases the amount of supercooling due to the retention of nuclei in the surface film that promote nucleation upon cooling of the melt. …