Fluent's CFD tools can predict the curvature of the melt interface and the solute and impurity distribution during crystal growth, including the use of magnetic fields to reduce natural convection. The wealth of physical models in Fluent's software includes free surfaces, Marangoni convection, solidification, species transport, conjugate heat transfer, electromagnetic (Lorentz) forces, and the ability to solve natural convection problems: everything you need to model crystal growth.

Flow pattern and melt interface during crystal growth using the Bridgman technique.