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Due to the added complexities in solving Maxwells equations in these magnetohydrodynamic problems and due to the thin boundary layers in these flows, a direct numerical simulation of the fluid and heat transfer in the floating zone is virtually impossible, and it is certainly impossible to run enough simulations to search for neutral stability as a function of magnetic field strength over the entire parameter space. To circumvent these difficulties, we have used matched asymptotic expansions, linear stability theory and numerics to characterize these flows. Some fundamental aspects of the heat transfer and fluid mechanics in these magnetohydrodynamic flows are elucidated in addition to the calculation of the magnetic field strengths required to damp unsteady thermocapillary convection as a function of process parameters.","abstract_html":"This research has been conducted in the area of the magnetic damping of thermocapillary convection in floating zones. 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