Materials research on levitating droplets in microgravity - Metallic glass to be tested on the ISS (IMAGE)
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The research team led by materials scientist Ralf Busch from Saarland University will remotely study metallic-glass alloys in experiments carried out on board the International Space Station, ISS. The team will investigate the properties of these alloys using hot, levitating droplets. Metallic-glass beads like the ones shown here, made from a nickel-niobium-sulfur alloy, are already on board the ISS. There, they will be melted without a crucible and studied as levitating droplets at temperatures of up to 1,700 degrees Celsius.
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Credit: Lucas Ruschel
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