TY - EJOU AU - Bakhtiyarov, Sayavur I. AU - Siginer, Dennis A. TI - Electromagnetic Levitation Part I: Theoretical and Experimental Considerations T2 - Fluid Dynamics \& Materials Processing PY - 2008 VL - 4 IS - 2 SN - 1555-2578 AB - Levitation of liquid bodies against gravity is a contactless confinement process appropriate for manufacturing very pure materials. A variety of levitation techniques have been developed over the last few decades, such as aerodynamic, acoustic, electrostatic, microwave, and electromagnetic levitations. More recently, a new generation of novel techniques, essentially combinations of the established primary techniques, has been successfully introduced. Examples are acoustic-electric, aerodynamic-acoustic and acoustic-electromagnetic. The purpose of this series of papers in three parts, Bakhtiyarov and Siginer (2007a,b), is to review the advances in electromagnetic levitation (EML) since its introduction as a containerless melting technique, and a tool for the determination of the thermophysical properties of molten metals under both terrestrial and microgravity conditions. KW - electromagnetic levitation KW - thermophysical properties KW - microgravity KW - undercooling KW - droplet stability KW - metallic melt DO - 10.3970/fdmp.2008.004.099