Influence of the swirled electrovortex flow on the melting of eutectic alloy In-Ga-Sn

Y. Ivochkin - I. Teplyakov - A. Guseva - D. Vinogradov

Joint Institute for High Temperatures Russian Academy of Sciences, 125412 Moscow, 13-2 Izhorskaya str., Russia

Abstract
It was shown by experimental and computational methods that the process of metal melting essentially depends on the intensity and hydrodynamic structure of electrovortex flows (EVF) developing in a smelting furnace. It was found that by controlling the EVF applying an external longitudinal magnetic field one can reduce the melting time. Tables 1, Figs 4, Refs 13.