Which of the following statements describes best the Bridgman method?
(a) Melt is outside the temperature furnace, solidification begins at the hotter end
(b) Melt is inside the temperature furnace, solidification occurs at the cooler end
(c) Melt is inside the temperature furnace, solidification occurs at the hotter end
(d) Solidification is achieved by passing the melt through a temperature gradient
The question was posed to me in my homework.
This intriguing question comes from Growth of Single Crystals in chapter Preparative Methods of Solid State Chemistry