Research on Novel Technologies and Theories for Solidification of Metallic Alloys
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 January 2026 | Viewed by 34
Special Issue Editors
Interests: eutectic; recalescence; solidification; growth velocity; dendrite
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Interests: solidification; magnesium alloy; steel; eutectic
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Many new materials and their new functions in modern technology come from novel solidification technology and theory. Modern technology allows for investigating various phenomena involved in the formation of metastable solid phases from unstable liquid. During the past half century, many new solidification technologies have been successfully applied to produce metastable solids from the liquid state. A great variety of metastable materials have been discovered with physical properties that make them suitable as new high-performance materials in mechanical and electrical engineering. To date, such metastable solids have even been produced in an industrial scale for application in, for example, metallic glass products, steel production, the design of electronic devices, and aerospace applications. The development of these fields cannot be separated from the development and progress of experimental and theoretical models, as well as computer simulation research methods for novel solidification technologies.
In this Special Issue, we welcome articles on novel solidification technologies, new solidification theory, microstructure evolution, material strengthening mechanisms, and heat treatment processes. The microstructure control process and related phase transformation theoretical models of solidification are particularly interesting, and manuscripts on additive manufacturing technology and high-performance products of superalloys and high-entropy alloys are also welcome for submission.
Dr. Junfeng Xu
Prof. Dr. Changlin Yang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- solidification
- undercooling, technology, microstructure
- phase transformation
- modeling
- additive manufacturing
- superalloy
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