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Magnetohydrodynamics applied to materials processing

  • Yves Fautrelle , Roland Ernst and René Moreau
Published/Copyright: June 11, 2013
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International Journal of Materials Research
From the journal International Journal of Materials Research Volume 100 Issue 10

Abstract

In the processing of liquid materials various operations are performed, e. g., alloying, homogenisation of the composition, refining or inclusion removal. As was realised early on by Charles Crussard, electromagnetic effects can be used to process electrically conducting materials without any contact. When alternating magnetic fields are used, the material is directly heated and melted thanks to the induced electric currents. The induced electromagnetic forces are capable of shaping the free surface, levitating a liquid blob and stirring the liquid bulk or its surface. The latter principle may be applied to electrically conducting liquids such as metallic alloys, but also to poorly conducting materials such as oxides, glasses or plasmas. Those effects are used in many processes such as induction furnaces for liquid metals or glasses, refining ladles, electromagnetic levitation, continuous casting of aluminium or steel. In this paper, typical effects based on the use of electromagnetic systems are reviewed, as well as the corresponding applications.

Keywords: Magnetic field; Induction; Electromagnetic processing of materials (EPM)
* Correspondance address, Yves Fautrelle, Professor at Grenoble Polytechnic Institute (France)SIMAP/EPM Laboratory, Grenoble-INP, PHELMA-Campus PO Box 75, 38402 Saint Martin d'Hères cedex, France Tel.: +33 476 82 52 05 Fax: +33 476 82 52 49 E-mail:

Dedicated to the late Prof. Charles Crussard (1916–2008)

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Received: 2008-10-6
Accepted: 2009-8-17
Published Online: 2013-06-11
Published in Print: 2009-10-01

© 2009, Carl Hanser Verlag, München

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https://doi.org/10.3139/146.110187
Keywords for this article
Magnetic field; Induction; Electromagnetic processing of materials (EPM)

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Contents
  2. Contents
  3. Introduction
  4. Introduction
  5. G. Petzow: Laudation for Peter Paul Schepp
  6. Dr. Schepp's retirement after 20 years of service was celebrated
  7. Preface to Feature Articles
  8. “SURFACE and INTERFACE ENGINEERING”
  9. Feature
  10. Thermodynamics of reactions and phase transformations at interfaces and surfaces
  11. Oxidation of palladium: from single crystal surfaces towards nanoparticles
  12. On the high-temperature oxidation of MCrAlY coatings
  13. Conducting polymers for corrosion protection: a review
  14. Fundamental and applied aspects of laser surface engineering
  15. Low-temperature gaseous surface hardening of stainless steel: the current status
  16. Foreword
  17. Foreword
  18. Editorial
  19. The scientific work of Charles Crussard (1916–2008)
  20. Review
  21. Charles Crussard's early contributions: Recrystallization in situ and a Grain Boundary study with J. Friedel and B. Cullity
  22. Magnetohydrodynamics applied to materials processing
  23. Charles Crussard's contribution to sheet metal forming and participation in IDDRG
  24. Glide of dislocations in non-octahedral planes of fcc metals: a review
  25. The deformation stage II of face-centered cubic crystals: Fifty years of investigations
  26. Nucleation and growth during primary recrystallization of certain metals and alloys with a face-centered cubic structure: Formation of the cube texture
  27. Basic
  28. Andrade creep revisited
  29. Application of cluster dynamics modeling to the precipitation in aluminum alloys
  30. On the effect of pre-recovery on subsequent recrystallization
  31. The interplay between grain boundaries and disclinations in condensed matter physics
  32. Plasticity of nanocrystalline materials: a critical viewpoint
  33. Thermoelectric power applied to metallurgy: principle and recent applications
  34. Notifications
  35. People
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