| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2020 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Materials Research in Reduced Gravity
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| Presentation Title |
Experiment Preparation and Operation of the Electromagnetic Levitator EML on the ISS |
| Author(s) |
Stephan Schneider, Mitja Beckers, Angelika Diefenbach |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Stephan Schneider |
| Abstract Scope |
EML is an electromagnetic levitation facility of the European Space Agency (ESA) for the ISS aiming at processing liquid metals or semiconductors under microgravity conditions. Its diagnostics and processing methods allow to measure thermophysical properties in the liquid state and to investigate solidification phenomena.
The on-orbit experiment performance is embedded in an extensive ground support program at DLR Cologne. Pre-mission, the sample characterization, experiment planning, parameter development and finally experiment validation with the EML ground model are performed. After the ground preparation steps the experiment parameters are uploaded to the facility and the experiments are performed on orbit.
The scientific data are provided to the involved scientists for analysis and are archived at MUSC.
An overview of the status of EML operations and the scientific experiments of the first two sample batches will be provided with the necessary preparation steps to run experiments in the EML. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: Publication Outside of TMS |