Abstract:
The Brazilian Microgravity Program is mainly based on experiments carried out on sounding rockets. Up to present days, three missions carrying a total of 25 experiments were made. In all flights, a fast solidification furnace, capable of producing temperatures up to 900º C, was used to process metal and semiconductor alloys in microgravity environment. This paper has described the furnace and the solidification experiment made during the last parabolic flight, called Maracati Mission, which has occurred in December, 2010.
Keywords:
Microgravity; Suborbital flights; Solidification furnace; Alloys solidification
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Publication Dates
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Publication in this collection
Apr-Jun 2012
History
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Received
02 Mar 2012 -
Accepted
26 Mar 2012