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Time-Resolved Measurements of Solidification and Undercooling in Metals and Alloys

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We have performed nanosecond-resolution measurements of the lateral electrical resistivity of thin metal films on insulating substrates. Comparison of transient resistivity measurements with optical reflectivity measurements and heat-flow calculations permits the determination of the position and velocity of a planar crystal/melt interface, and an estimate of undercooling during pulsed laser melting of metals. We report detailed results for rapid solidification of Ni, including the observation of hypercooling of .liquid Ni.

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  1. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA

    Harry A. Atwater

  2. Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA

    Jeffrey A. West, Patrick M. Smith & M. J. Aziz

  3. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185, USA

    J. Y. Tsao & P. S. Peercy

  4. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA

    Michael O. Thompson

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Atwater, H.A., West, J.A., Smith, P.M. et al. Time-Resolved Measurements of Solidification and Undercooling in Metals and Alloys. MRS Online Proceedings Library 157, 369–375 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-157-369

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