A Prototype of Multi-zone Materials Processing Facility in Space
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- AI Fei
- Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- ZHOU Yanfei
- Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- PAN Xiuhong
- Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- JIN Weiqing
- Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- Prototype of Multi zone Materials Processing Facility in Space
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Abstract
A prototype of multi-zone materials processing facility for space applications has been developed for the future space materials science research in China. The prototype primarily consists of 4 parts, including a furnace, a sample unit, a driving mechanism system and a controller. The ten-zone furnace is specially designed for materials processing by both the Zone-melting and the Bridgman methods, with a maximum temperature of 1300℃ and a maximum axial temperature gradient of 40℃/cm. The sample unit consists of 12 magazines with 3 cartridges inside each magazine. Therefore, a total of 36 samples can be processed sequentially during once launch mission. The driving mechanism system consists of a sample rotating assembly, a sample linear exchange assembly and a sample translation assembly. The controller is a programmable microprocessor system of duel functions for system operation control and for data acquisition. By utilizing the prototype, BGO single crystal has been grown successfully on the earth.
Journal
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- Journal of The Japan Society of Microgravity Application
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Journal of The Japan Society of Microgravity Application 24 (1), 23-, 2007-01-31
The Japan Society of Microgravity Application
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- CRID
- 1390005506400554496
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- NII Article ID
- 10018498615
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- NII Book ID
- AN10537663
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- NDL BIB ID
- 8676000
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- ISSN
- 09153616
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- Text Lang
- en
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- JaLC
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- CiNii Articles
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