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Electromagnetic refining of aluminum alloys by the CREM process: Part II. Specific practical problems and their solutions

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An experimental investigation, described in Part I and bearing on aluminum alloy billets produced by the CREM process, has shown that the main characteristics of this new technology are the elimination of the need for grain-refiner master alloys and a marked reduction of the scalping operation. Part II reports on the examination of the problems specific to the CREM process, which occur particularly during slab casting. The three-dimensional (3-D) aspect of the electromagnetic and fluid flow phenomena, the effect of the electrical conductivity of the ingot mold, and the improvement of the process design are examined.

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  1. Laboratoire de Magnétohydrodynamique, Faculté des Sciences, 33, rue Louis Pasteur, 84000, Avignon, France

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Vives, C. Electromagnetic refining of aluminum alloys by the CREM process: Part II. Specific practical problems and their solutions. Metall Trans B 20, 631–643 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02655920

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