Beginning of the experiment in module FACET Japanese
The Japanese space agency, JAXA, has just started a new experience in the Japanese module of the International Space Station (ISS). The experiment entitled "FACET" should better understand the mechanisms involved in the growth of faceted crystals. During this experiment, several samples of solutions (Salole / butanol) are arranged in glass containers in the end and subjected to different temperatures at their ends to initiate and sustain the growth of crystal. This growth will be observed with a microscope to amplitude modulation. A Mach-Zehnder interferometer to measure fluctuations in temperature anddensity during this process. JAXA will use for this purpose its equipment SCOFI (Solution Crystallization Observation Facility) already installed in the Kibo module. 
The test samples are parties to the Station aboard a Russian Progress cargo ship in November 2008. They were transferred to SCOFI in early April by the astronaut K. WAKATA, which is conducting even a long stay in the ISS. Experience FACET itself began on 9 April, driven from the center of Tsukuba.
According to Prof. INATOMI, the head side to JAXA, this experience will ultimately improve the quality of crystals grown on Earth, and better mass production of semiconductors or other materials with advanced properties such as oxide superconductors. In the longer term this will reduce the cost of manufacturing solar panels, or improve transportation technologies magnetic levitation railway.
The test samples are parties to the Station aboard a Russian Progress cargo ship in November 2008. They were transferred to SCOFI in early April by the astronaut K. WAKATA, which is conducting even a long stay in the ISS. Experience FACET itself began on 9 April, driven from the center of Tsukuba.
According to Prof. INATOMI, the head side to JAXA, this experience will ultimately improve the quality of crystals grown on Earth, and better mass production of semiconductors or other materials with advanced properties such as oxide superconductors. In the longer term this will reduce the cost of manufacturing solar panels, or improve transportation technologies magnetic levitation railway.
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on Jul 18th, 2009 and filed under Space News.
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