Fluid Flows in Liquid metals-Friend or Foe?

The interactions of liquid metals and alloys with gas, solid, and liquid phases during their extraction and refining, prior to solidification, govern their final chemical and physical properties and their freedom from impurities. Computational fluid dynamics, in concert with experimentation and intuition, allows one to question and critique current liquid metal processing technologies, and to devise better ways to provide solidified materials fit for purpose. New ways to produce cleaner melts (steels and aluminum) with enhanced properties will be addressed in this presentation.