Major casting processes Sand casting Investment casting Lost-foam casting Gravity die casting (permanent mould casting) Low pressure die casting High pressure die casting Centrifugal casting

Solidification of Peritectics • General considerations of pertitectics • Nucleation of peritectics • Solidification of peritectics Microstructure control through solidification method Solidification Defects The other defects

Solidification of Eutectics • Coupled eutectic growth morphology • Other eutectic morphologies

• Solidification microstructure: Cells and dendrites • Constrained growth • Preferred growth direction

• Solute redistribution in non-equilibrium state • Solute distribution in front of S/L interface

• Morphology control of crystals Crystal growth methods (technology)

上海交通大学：《材料加工原理 Principles of Materials Processing》教学资源（课件讲稿）凝固和铸造 Solidification and casting_Crystal growth of single element solids 1/3（Liquid/solid interface）

Nucleation rate and its control  Nucleation rate  Grain refining  Metallic glass Further  Nucleation in atomic level  Non-Conventional Nucleation Theory Concepts: Nucleation free energy Nucleation barrier Critical nucleus Nucleation rate

Heat transfer Mass transfer Commonalities among phenomena

Viscosity of liquid metal Surface and interface of liquid metal Fluidity of liquid metal Other properties of liquid metal