Among the specific contributions and potentials of rapid solidifications are: increased solid solubility, minimization of segregation, highly refined grain size, modification or elimination of segregation phases, possibility of glass formation and production of new metastable microcrystalline structures.
Corresponding improvements have been achieved in mechanical, corrosive, magnetic and other properties, higher ultimate tensile (UTS) and yield strengths, with better elongations, better pitting and general corrosive behavior due to ultrafine grain sizes, decreased segregation and refinement of phases, increased fatigue life, higher strength-to-weight ratios and many others.