Proceedings of the 2013 International Symposium on Liquid Metal Processing and Casting

This book offers a blend of academic and industrial papers on topics including advances in controls and process simulation, ingot defect formation and characterization studies, and process parameter-material properties characterization. The collection includes papers on the following topics:

• Primary and Secondary Melt Processing including VIM, VAR, ESR, EBCHR, Plasma Melting
• Physical Property Measurements of Liquid Metals
• Casting and Solidification of Liquid Metals
• Modeling of Metallurgical Processes including Heat/Mass Flow Modeling of Liquid Metal and Solidification
• Ceramic, Slag and Refractory Reactions with Liquid Metals
• Refining, Evaporation and Gas/Metal Reactions
• Fundamentals of Reactions Involving Liquid Metals in Productions Processes