TY - JOUR

T1 - Hydrodynamically driven facet kinetics in crystal growth

AU - Stefan-Kharicha, Mihaela

AU - Kharicha, Abdellah

AU - Zaidat, Kader

AU - Reiss, Georg

AU - Eßl, Werner

AU - Goodwin, Frank

AU - Wu, Menghuai

AU - Ludwig, Andreas

AU - Mugrauer, Claudia

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022

PY - 2022/1/31

Y1 - 2022/1/31

N2 - In this paper we show that the presence of liquid flow around a crystal growing from melt can induce dissymmetry in growth similar to that described by anisotropic interfacial kinetic coefficients. A front tracking interface model based on a cellular automaton approach was applied to the growth of a Fe2Al5 crystal (also known as top dross particle) in a saturated Zn melt at constant temperature. The growth rate was found to be influenced by the intensity of the melt flow and by the direction of the flow with respect to the crystal orientation. The magnitude and the direction of flow modify the diffusion boundary layer, changing the conditions (temperature and concentration) at the facet interface, therefore the mass transfer. We have shown that despite the isotropy of interfacial kinetics, hydrodynamics was able to introduce an anisotropy in the crystal growth similar to the natural anisotropy in interfacial kinetics of the facets. The facets grow rate was found to be strongly dependant on the Reynolds number as well as on the orientation of the crystalline orientation with respect to the flow direction.

AB - In this paper we show that the presence of liquid flow around a crystal growing from melt can induce dissymmetry in growth similar to that described by anisotropic interfacial kinetic coefficients. A front tracking interface model based on a cellular automaton approach was applied to the growth of a Fe2Al5 crystal (also known as top dross particle) in a saturated Zn melt at constant temperature. The growth rate was found to be influenced by the intensity of the melt flow and by the direction of the flow with respect to the crystal orientation. The magnitude and the direction of flow modify the diffusion boundary layer, changing the conditions (temperature and concentration) at the facet interface, therefore the mass transfer. We have shown that despite the isotropy of interfacial kinetics, hydrodynamics was able to introduce an anisotropy in the crystal growth similar to the natural anisotropy in interfacial kinetics of the facets. The facets grow rate was found to be strongly dependant on the Reynolds number as well as on the orientation of the crystalline orientation with respect to the flow direction.

KW - A1. Computer simulation

KW - A1. Convection

KW - A1. Fluid flows

KW - A1. Growth models

KW - A2. Growth from melt

KW - A2. Single crystal growth

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85123987602&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2022.126557

DO - 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2022.126557

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85123987602

VL - 584.2022

JO - Journal of crystal growth

JF - Journal of crystal growth

SN - 0022-0248

IS - 15 April

M1 - 126557

ER -