Theeffectofinitialconcentrationsonsolidificationofammoniumchloridewatersolutionisnumericallyinvestigatedindetail.Thesolidifyingprocess.withthecoldwalltemperaturelowerthantheeutectictemperature,isassumedtobeone-dimensional,andcontrolledbyheatconductiononly.Thesimulationrevealsthat:(1)Thesolid-mushinterfacegrowsinalinearmanner,whilethegrowthrateofthemush-liquidinterfacedecreasesinaparabolicmanner,withincreasinginitialconcentrations.(2)Thetemperaturefieldinthewholeregionhasparaboliccharacteristics,butisshowsalinearfeatureinthesolidzoneandmushyzone.(3)Theconcentrationalwayshaslinearcharacteristicsinthemuch.(4)Thesolidfractiondistributionisstronglyaffectedbytheinitialconcertration.Thesolidificationprocessshowsquitedifferentfeatures,especiallyatsmallandhighinitialconcentrations.
