HIGH TEMPERATURE
FURNACE HANDBOOK
ISSUE 8 - 05/05
Page 16 of 37
FIGURE 4
TYPICAL MELT/FREEZE SEQUENCE
A. Initial temperature rise
B. Temperature arrest during melt
C. Furnace-controlled temperature
D. Temperature drop caused by furnace controller adjustment to initiate freeze
E. Depth of supercool (particularly pronounced for tin)
F. Plateau showing constant temperature during freeze
G. End of freeze plateau. Temperature drops to setting of furnace for freeze.
