Abstract
The purpose of this study is to make clear the possible effect of thermocapillary (Marangoni) convection on the growth of crystal which is made by such techniques as Czochralski, floating zone, etc. Horizontal layers of liquid in open rectangular containers with different geometry were heated from the vertical side walls or from bottom wall and cooled at the middle part of free surface. Characteristics of heat transfer and convective flow driven both by buoyancy and surface tension gradient were measured under different combinations of geometrical and thermal factors.
