Morphological instability and pattern selection in solidifying succinonitrile.

Title: Morphological instability and pattern selection in solidifying succinonitrile.
Identifier: AAI8915583
identifier: 8915583
Creator: Chou, Henry.
Contributor: Adviser: Herman Z. Cummins
Date: 1988
Language: English
Publisher: City University of New York.
Subject: Physics, Condensed Matter
Abstract: Morphological instability in the early stage of solidification in succinonitrile has been studied with high-resolution video microscopy. Quantitative analysis of the Fourier spectrum of the evolving crystal-melt interface has demonstrated the crucial role of noise and indicates significant disagreement with predictions of the Mullins-Sekerka theory. In the dendritic stage of solidification, the dendrite tip and radius were measured and the stability parameter of Langer, {dollar}\sigma{dollar}*, was deduced to be 0.032 compared to a value of 0.024 predicted by the microscopic solvability theory of dendritic growth.
Type: dissertation
Source: PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
degree: Ph.D.

Media: Morphological instability and pattern selection in solidifying succinonitrile.