Fig.2. Schematic of dendrite growth illustrating the mechanism of competitive growth during directional solidification[19] (θ—misorientation of the <100> cry-stallographic direction relative to the heat-flow direction. v—velocity, vL—velocity of the liquidus isotherm, vθ —growth velocity of dendrites with orientation θ. z—coordinate along the heat-flow direction. Δz0, ΔzN, and Δzθ —distances from the dendrite (or equiaxed grain) tip to the liquidus isotherm, for dendrite parallel to the heat-flow direction, for an equiaxed grain, and for dendrite at θ, respectively. ΔT—undercooling)
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