Solidification Furnace for Microgravity Experiments on Sounding Rockets

An, Chen Ying; Boschetti, Cesar; Ribeiro, Manuel Francisco; Toledo, Rafael Cardoso; Freitas, Filipe Estevão; Castilho, Felipe Fernandes; Bandeira, Iraja Newton

doi:10.5028/jatm.2012.04021412

Abstract:

The Brazilian Microgravity Program is mainly based on experiments carried out on sounding rockets. Up to present days, three missions carrying a total of 25 experiments were made. In all ﬂights, a fast solidiﬁcation furnace, capable of producing temperatures up to 900º C, was used to process metal and semiconductor alloys in microgravity environment. This paper has described the furnace and the solidiﬁcation experiment made during the last parabolic ﬂight, called Maracati Mission, which has occurred in December, 2010.

Keywords:
Microgravity; Suborbital ﬂights; Solidiﬁcation furnace; Alloys solidiﬁcation

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REFERENCES

An, C. Y. et al, 2011, "Performance of a Solidification Fumace Developed for Sounding Rockets", Microgravity Science and Technology, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 427-432.
Bandeira, I. N. et al, 2007, "Centenary Mission: First Brazilian Microgravity Experiments at ISS", Microgravity Science and Technology, Vol. 19, No. 5-6, pp. 42-48.
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» http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005ESASP.590..509D
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Publication Dates

Publication in this collection
Apr-Jun 2012

History

Received
02 Mar 2012
Accepted
26 Mar 2012

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[1] An, C. Y. et al, 2011, "Performance of a Solidification Fumace Developed for Sounding Rockets", Microgravity Science and Technology, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 427-432.

[2] Bandeira, I. N. et al, 2007, "Centenary Mission: First Brazilian Microgravity Experiments at ISS", Microgravity Science and Technology, Vol. 19, No. 5-6, pp. 42-48.

[3] Bandeira, I. N. et al, 2002 and 2007, "Forno Multiusuário para Solidificação, Resultado das Missões - Operação Cumã I, 2002 e Operação Cumã II, 2007", Retrieved in 2012, from http://www.aeb.gov.br/mini.php?secao=microgravidade
» http://www.aeb.gov.br/mini.php?secao=microgravidade

[4] Corrêa, F. et al, 2005, "Brazilian Microgravity Program: Challenges and Perspectives", Proceedings of the 17th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, Norway, Retrieved in 2012, from http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005ESASP.590..509D
» http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005ESASP.590..509D

[5] Garcia, A. et al, 2011, "VSB-30 Sounding Rocket: History of Flight Performance", Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 325-330.

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