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In the frame of the DECLIC project of the French Space Agency (CNES), a specific device dedicated to the in situ and real time observation of directional solidification of transparent systems in 3D configuration has been developed. A method based on interferometric analysis is presented to quantitatively characterize the shape and growth of dendrites so that measurements of critical parameters such as tip radius and growth rate of individual dendrites belonging to extended patterns are enabled. First results obtained on a succinonitrile − 0.1 wt% camphor alloy are analysed. The accuracy of measurements and quality of the shape reconstruction are discussed through the comparison of the dendrite contours obtained with different modellings of the dendritic shape (parabolic, parabolic corrected by a 4th order term, power-law).
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Bergeon, N., Weiss, C., Mangelinck-Noël, N. et al. Interferometric method for the analysis of dendrite growth and shape in 3D extended patterns in transparent alloys. Trans Indian Inst Met 62, 455–460 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12666-009-0061-6
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