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Technological properties of CSK‐1 crystallizer for material research in space
Author(s) -
Barta Č.,
Kuhl R.,
Trnka J.,
Tříska A.,
Regel L. L.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
crystal research and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.377
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1521-4079
pISSN - 0232-1300
DOI - 10.1002/crat.2170240716
Subject(s) - tube (container) , microprocessor , magnetic tape , position (finance) , mechanical engineering , chemistry , materials science , electrical engineering , engineering , finance , tape recorder , economics
The crystallizer CSK‐1 is based on a tubular furnace with five heating elements. The crystallizer operates in an automatic mode, i.e., the setting up of the temperature fields, setting of the sample position in the tube and of the rate and direction of their movement are controlled by a microprocessor running according to a program stored on a magnetic tape. The crystallizer is placed on the Soviet Orbital Laboratory “MIR”. Basic technological properties of the crystallizer were studied by means of an standard probe connected with a computer and of the special ARP device, respectively. The topic of the study was especially the creation of various types of axial temperature fields and of various temperature gradients, the rate of heating and spontaneous cooling of the furnace, the temperature stability, and so on.