Abstract: Experimentally observed growth morphologies (dendrites, doublons, and seaweed) of three-dimensional (3-D) xenon crystals during free growth into pure supercooled melt were investigated in this study. Measurements of the 3-D reconstruction of dendrites were compared to analytical predictions and scaling parameters were determined. For two different phase-field models morphology diagrams were derived and compared to analytical model calculations. By using special initial conditions it is possible to reproduce the growth morphologies found in these experiments.

Citation: H.M. Singer, I. Singer, and J.H. Bilgram, "Measurements of Experimentally Grown 3-D Xenon Multiplets and Comparative Phase-Field Simulations," JOM, July 2007, pp. 77-80.

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