This book is both a course book and a monograph. In fact, it has
developed from notes given to graduate course students on materials
processing in the years 1989 to 2006. Electromagnetic Processing of
Materials (EPM), originates from a branch of materials science and
engineering developed in the 1980s as a field aiming to create new
materials and/or design processes by making use of various functions
which appear when applying the electric and magnetic fields to
materials. It is based on transport phenomena, materials processing and
magnetohydrodynamics.
The first chapter briefly introduces the history, background and
technology of EPM. In the second chapter, the concept of transport
phenomena is concisely introduced and in the third chapter the essential
part of magnetohydrodynamics is transcribed and readers are shown that
the concept of transport phenomena does not only apply to heat, mass and
momentum, but also magnetic field. The fourth chapter describes
electromagnetic processing of electrically conductive materials such as
electromagnetic levitation, mixing, brake, and etc., which are caused by
the Lorentz force. The fifth chapter treats magnetic processing of
organic and non-organic materials such as magnetic levitation, crystal
orientation, structural alignment and etc., which are induced by the
magnetization force. This part is a new academic field named
Magneto-Science, which focuses on the development of super-conducting
magnets.
This book is written so as to be understood by any graduate student in
engineering courses but also to be of interest to engineers and
researchers in industries.
