• High-Temperature Reactive Wetting of Natural Quartz by Liquid Magnesium 

      Rasouli, Azam; Kudyba, Artur; Bruzda, Grzegorz; Safarian, Jafar; Tranell, Maria Gabriella (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      High-temperature wetting of natural, high-purity quartz (SiO2) and liquid magnesium (Mg) was investigated at temperatures between 973 and 1273 K. Sessile drop experiments using the capillary purification (CP) procedure ...
    • Wetting Behavior and Reactivity of Molten Silicon with h-BN Substrate at Ultrahigh Temperatures up to 1750 °C 

      Polkowski, Wojciech; Sobczak, Natalia; Nowak, Rafal; Kudyba, Artur; Bruzda, Grzegorz; Polkowska, Adelajda; Homa, Marta; Turalska, Patrycja; Tangstad, Merete; Safarian, Jafar; Moosavi-Khoonsari, Elmira; Datas, Alejandro (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      For a successful implementation of newly proposed silicon-based latent heat thermal energy storage systems, proper ceramic materials that could withstand a contact heating with molten silicon at temperatures much higher ...