Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Preface -- About the Editors -- Electroslag Remelting -- Computational Modeling of Electroslag Remelting (ESR) Process Used for the Production of High-Performance Alloys -- A Numerical Study on the Influence of the Frequency of the Applied AC Current on the Electroslag Remelting Process -- A Thermodynamic Database for the Al2O3-CaF2-CaO System -- Influence of the Polarity on the Cleanliness Level and the Inclusion Types in the ESR Process -- Hot Test and Simulation of ESR Hollow Ingots Formation in Current Supplying Mould with Electrodes Change -- Design of ESR Slags According to Requested Physical Properties -- Part 2: Density and Viscosity -- Predicting Melting Behavior of an Industrial Electroslag Remelting Ingot -- Operational Experience of Large Sized ESR Plants and Attainable Quality of ESR Ingots with a Diameter of Up to 2600mm -- Experimental Research on the Absorption of Fluorine in Gamma-TiAl during Electroslag Remelting -- A Parametric Study of Slag Skin Formation in Electroslag Remelting -- Impact of the Solidified Slag Skin on the Current Distribution during Electroslag Remelting -- Investigation of Slag Compositions and Pressure Ranges Suitable for Electroslag Remelting under Vacuum Conditions -- Contribution of the Mould Current to the Ingot Surface Quality in the Electroslag Remelting Process -- Mechanisms of Calcium Oxide Dissolution in CaO-Al2O3-SiO2-Based Slags -- Effect of Fluoride Containing Slag on Oxide Inclusions in Electroslag Ingot -- Production of High Quality Die Steels from Large ESR Slab Ingots -- A Study of Slag and Steel Leakage Influence Factors during Electroslag Remelting Withdrawing Process -- Factors Affecting Surface Quality of Ingot Produced by Electroslag Continuous Casting with Liquid Metal.

Mathematical Model of Solidification during Electroslag Casting of Pilger Roll -- Introducing Carbon Nanoparticles in Titanium during Chamber Electroslag Remelting (CHESR) -- Evolution of ESR Technology and Equipment for Long Hollow Ingots Manufacture -- Variation of the Resistance during the Electrode Movement in the Electroslag Remelting Process -- Modeling Macrosegregation during Electroslag Remelting of Alloy 625 -- Comparison of Arc Slag Remelting vs. P-ESR Melting for High Nitrogen Steels -- Defects -- Numerical Simulation of Macrosegregation in 570-Ton Low-Alloyed Steel Ingot -- Using a Three-Phase Mixed Columnar-Equiaxed Solidification Model to Study Macrosegregation in Ingot Castings: Perspectives and Limitations -- Effect of Solidification Front Angle on Freckle Formation in Alloy 625 -- The Behaviour of Entrainment Defects in Aluminium Alloy Castings -- Inclusion Behavior in Steel and Aluminum Making Reactors -- Modeling the Titanium Nitride (TiN) Germination and Growth during the Solidification of a Maraging Steel -- Thermodynamics for the Influence of Slag Composition on the Inclusion Control in Semi-Killed Liquid Steels -- The Influence of Different Melting and Remelting Routes on the Cleanliness of High Alloyed Steels -- Refinement of Primary and Eutectic Silicon Particles in Hypereutectic Al-Si Alloys Using an Applied Electric Potential -- Characterization of Bifilms and Oxide Inclusions in Investment Cast IN 100 -- Vacuum Arc Remelting -- Application of a Model for Simulating the Vacuum Arc Remelting Process in Titanium Alloys -- Controlling Liquid Pool Depth in VAR of a 21.6cm Diameter Ingot of Alloy 718 -- Simulation of Radiation Heat Transfer in a VAR Furnace Using an Electrical Resistance Network -- Solidification Mapping of a Nickel Alloy 718 Laboratory VAR Ingot -- Aluminum Processing.

Improvement of Mechanical Properties of HPDC A356 Alloy through Melt Quenching Process -- Review of Hot Tearing Studies in Al Alloys during Direct Chill Casting -- Effect of Sonotrode Design on Simultaneous Grain Refinement and Degassing of Al Alloys by Ultrasound -- Miscellaneous -- Liquid Metal Engineering by Application of Intensive Melt Shearing -- A Simple Experimental Apparatus for Testing Core and Clad Alloy Combinations for Potential Fusion™ Casting Applications -- Development of a Hot Working Steel Based on a Controlled Gas-Metal-Reaction -- Nitrogen Control in VIM Melts -- Characterisation and Modelling of Microsegregation in Low Carbon Continuously Cast Steel Slab -- The Practical Application of Minor Element Control in Small Scale Melts -- A Two-Dimensional Infiltration Dynamics Model of C-SiC Composites -- Investigation of Peculiarities of Deep Deoxidized Steel Interaction with Refractory Lining of Ladle during the Manufacturing of Large Forge Ingots with Mass Up to 415 Ton -- Characterization of the Interfacial Reaction between Titanium Castings and Alumina Mold Containing the Alpha-Case Compounds -- Theoretical Design of Continuous Casting Process Using Semi Analytical Method -- Phosphorus Partitioning during EAF Refining of DRI Based Steel -- Author Index -- Subject Index.