Innovtaive Solidification Processing for Advanced Materials. Analytical Modeling of the Growth of Arrays of Needles during Unidirectional Solidification Process under High Temperature Gradient. Part II. Comparison with Experiments.

Predicted needle dimensions given by the model proposed in part I for the growth of arrayed needles under solidification with a high temperature gradient are compared with those given by solidification of alloys; Al-Cu, Al-Fe and SCN-Argon. Correspondences between predicted primary arm spacings and experimental ones are shown to be very high for arrayed solidification of needles under high temperature gradients.