Metallurgy in Space : Recent Results from ISS /

This book presents experimental work conducted on the International Space Station (ISS) in order to characterize metals and alloys in the liquid state. The internationally recognized authors present and discuss experiments performed in microgravity that enabled the study of the relevant volume and s...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Knovel (Firm)
Other Authors: Fecht, Hans-Jörg (Editor), Möhr, Markus (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2022.
Edition:1st ed. 2022.
Series:The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series,
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • ESA Physical Science Research Programmatic
  • The EML Facility
  • Ground Support Program, Cycle planning and Operations
  • Atomic Structure of metallic liquids
  • Thermophysical property measurements in the ISS-EML
  • Thermophysical Properties of Ni-based superalloys
  • Thermophysical Properties of Titanium Alloys
  • Thermophysical Properties of Bulk metallic glasses
  • Magneto-Hydrodynamics simulations
  • Structural investigations on samples solidified in space
  • Relation between short range order and physical properties of liquids
  • Future perspectives
  • additive manufacturing in space
  • Future material developments
  • Thermophysical Properties of Steels
  • Levitation Research in Japan
  • Electrostatic Levitation on the ISS
  • Influence of Convection on Phase transformation in steel
  • Theory of nucleation and glass formation.