Toward Understanding Pore Formation and Mobility During Controlled Directional Solidification in a Microgravity Environment (PFMI)
Managed By: NASA
Implementation Partner: NASA
Hardware Details
- Type of Processing: Bridgman
- Maximum Thermal Gradient*: up to 110 °C/min
- Transparent Gradient Zone Length: 2.5 cm to 0.5 cm selectable
- Maximum Sample Outside Diameter: 10mm
- Maximum Sample Length: 23 cm
- Maximum Sample Process Length*: 12 cm
- Maximum Heater Temperature: 130 °C
- Cold Zone minimum Temperature: 5 °C
- Heater Stability Control: ± 1 °C
- Translation Velocity: 0.5 micrometers/sec to 100 micrometers/sec
- Translation Stability: ± 5%
- Sample Ampoule Dimensions: OD 12.75 mm, Length 28 cm
- Sample Instrumentation: up to 6 Type K thermocouples inside the ampoule
- Temperature Data Recording Rate: up to 1/sec
- Video: S video record rate 30 fps, zoom 22:1, two camera views
- Commanding Remote commanding of heater/cold zone temp, and camera zoom/focus
- Depends on the sample material & configuration