The equations governing melt stability during solidification of a binary alloy are shown to resemble those characterizing the Bénard problem with permeable boundaries. Critical conditions for the onset of stationary convection are calculated for the case of a planar interface. Long wavelength modes are preferred when the segregation is small.
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