Density of Liquid Ni-Mo Alloys Measured by a Modified Sessile Drop Method

The density of liquid binary Ni-Mo alloys with molybdenum concentration from 0 to 20% (mass fraction) wasmeasured by a modified sessile drop method. It has been found that the density of the liquid Ni-Mo alloys decreaseswith increasing temperature, but increases with the increase of molybdenum concentration in the alloys. The molarvolume of liquid Ni-Mo binary alloys increases with the increase of temperature and molybdenum concentration. Thepartial molar volume of molybdenum in Ni-Mo binary alloy has been approximately calculated as [13.18-2.65×10^(-3)T+(-47.94+3.10×10^(-2)T)×10^(-2)X_(Mo)]×10^(-6)m^3·mol^(-1). The molar volume of Ni-Mo alloy determined inthe present work shows a negative deviation from the ideal linear mixing molar volume.

Sessile drop evaluation of high temperature copper/spinel and slag/spinel interactions

Metal droplets sticking to spinel solids, present in metallurgical slag systems, play an important role in hindering the sedimentation of copper in slags. To understand this phenomenon, the interaction between spinel particles with Cu on one handand with slag, on the other hand,wasevaluated. A dedicated approach was applied, using an industrially relevant synthetic slag system PbO-FeO-SiO2-CaO-Al2O3-Cu2O-ZnO, pure copper and MgAl2O4substrates to represent the industrial slag, the entrained copper droplets and the spinel solids, respectively. Both the copper-MgAl2O4and the slag-MgAl2O4interaction were studied using sessile drop measurements, combined with an extensive microstructural analysis. Additionally, the effectoftimeon the slag-MgAl2O4 interaction was studied using immersion experiments. Copper displayed a non-wetting behaviour on MgAl2O4, whereas slag displayed a reactive wetting and an interaction layer of （Mg,Fe,Zn）（Al,Fe）2O4spinelwas formed at the interface, which was also observed in the immersion experiments. Moreover, the diffusion of MgO and Al2O3from the spinel substrate into the slag droplets was noted.

Density Measurement of Liquid Ni-Ta Alloys by a Modified Sessile Drop Method

The density of liquid Ni-Ta alloys was measured by using a modified sessile drop method. It is found that the density of the liquid Ni-Ta alloys decreases with the increasing temperature, but increases with the increase of tantalum concentration in the alloys. The molar volume of liquid Ni-Ta binary alloys increases with the increase of temperature and tantalum concentration.

Simple Hydrostatic Model of Contact Angle Hysteresis of a Sessile Drop on Rough Surface

The phenomenon of hysteresis of contact angle is an important topic subject to a long time of argument.A simple hydrostatic model of sessile drops under the gravity in combination with an ideal surface roughness model is used to interpret the process of drop volume increase or decrease of a planar sessile drop and to shed light on the contact angle hysteresis and its relationship with the solid surface roughness. With this model, the advancing and receding contact angles are conceptually explained in terms of equilibrium contact angle and surface roughness only,without invoking the thermodynamic multiplicity. The model is found to be qualitatively consistent to experimental observations on contact angle hysteresis and it suggests a possible way to approach the hysteresis of three-dimensional sessile drops.

A Study of the Velocity Field during Evaporation of Sessile Water and Water/Ethanol Drops

Many studies have investigated evaporation of sessile drops in an attempt to understand the effect of wetting on theevaporation process.Recently interest has also increased in the deposition of particles from such drops,with evaporative massflux being deemed to be responsible for ring-like deposits,and counteraction of the mass flux by Marangoni convection explainingmore uniform deposition patterns.Understanding of such deposition processes is important in biological applications,such as the Litos test-system endorsed by the Russian Ministry of Health for diagnosis of urolithiasis and the evaporation ofcolloidal drops for depositing and organizing proteins and DNA.In most cases where deposition from evaporating drops hasbeen studied,velocity information is inferred from the final deposition pattern or from mathematical modeling based on simplifiedmodels of the physics of the evaporation process.In this study we have directly measured the flow velocities in the baseof sessile drops,using micro particle image velocimetry,viewing the drop from below,through the cover slide.For water drops,a radial pattern of flow was observed with a maximum velocity close to but not at the pinned outer edge.For ‘azeotropic’ethanol/water mixtures,the velocity field is more chaotic to begin with,passing through a phase involving three or four recirculationcells and finally having the same radial pattern as for water drops.

Parametric instability of a liquid metal sessile drop under the action of low-frequency alternating magnetic fields

A 2-D mathematical model is developed in order to simulate a parametric electromagnetic instability oscillation process of a liquid metal droplet under the action of low frequency magnetic field. The Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian （ALE） method and weak form constraint boundary condition are introduced in this model for implementation of the surface tension and electromagnetic force on liquid droplet free surface. The results of the numerical calculations indicate the appearance of various regimes of oscillation. It is found that according to the magnetic field frequency various types of oscillation modes may be found. The oscillation is originated from an instability phenomenon. The stability diagram of liquid metal droplet in the parameter space of magnetic frequency and magnetic flux density is determined numerically. The diagram is very similar to that found in the so-called parametric instability.

Parametric Instability of a Liquid Metal Sessile Drop Under a High Frequency Amplitude-Modulate Magnetic Field

The parametric instability behavior of a liquid mercury sessile drop under high frequency Amplitude-Modulate Magnetic Field(AMMF),i.e.a high frequency magnetic field(carder wave)modulated by a low frequency sine wave(modulate wave),is investigated experimentally.The free surface contour of the mercury drop is observed by a CCD camera while varying the frequency and amplitude of the high frequency AMMF.At a given frequency and amplitude,the edge deformations with an azimuthal wave numbers(modes n=3,4,5,6)were excited.

Wettability,reactivity,and interface structure in Mg/Ni system

The sessile drop method was applied to the experimental investigation of the wetting and spreading behaviors of liquid Mg drops on pure Ni substrates.For comparison,the experiments were performed in two variants:(1)using the Capillary Purification(CP)procedure,which allows the non-contact heating and squeezing of a pure oxide-free Mg drop;(2)by classical Contact Heating(CH)procedure.The high-temperature tests were performed under isothermal conditions(CP:760℃for 30 s;CH:715℃for 300 s)using Ar+5 wt%H_(2) atmosphere.During the sessile drop tests,images of the Mg/Ni couples were recorded by CCD cameras(57 fps),which were then applied to calculate the contact angles of metal/substrate couples.Scanning and transmission electron microscopy analyses,both coupled with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy,were used for detailed structural characterization of the solidified couples.It was found that an oxide-free Mg drop obtained by the CP procedure showed a wetting phenomenon on the Ni substrate(an average contact angleθ<90°in<1 s),followed by fast spreading and good wetting over the Ni substrate(θ_((CP))~20°in 5 s)to form a final contact angle ofθ_(f(CP))~18°.In contrast,a different wetting behavior was observed for the CH procedure,where the unavoidable primary oxide film on the Mg surface blocked the spreading of liquid Mg showing apparently non-wetting behavior after 300 s contact at the test temperature.However,in both cases,the deep craters formed in the Ni substrates under the Mg drops and significant change in the structure of initially pure Mg drops to Mg-Ni alloys suggest a strong dissolution of Ni in liquid Mg and apparent values of the final contact angles measured for the Mg/Ni system.

Contact Angle Hysteresis and Hysteresis Tension on Rough Solid Surface

Observation and measurement were conducted to investigate contact angle andits hysteresis on rough surface. The experimental results indicate that the increase in solidsurface roughness enlarges advancing contact angle and decreases receding contact angle, resultingin enhanced hysteresis. It was observed that when Young''s contact angle θ_Y 【 90°, as theroughness of solid surface increased the extent of the decrease in receding contact angle exceededthat of the increase in advancing contact angle. Based on the experimental observations, the conceptof hysteresis tension was introduced to describe the contact angle hysteresis behavior on roughsolid surface. The model provides a thoughtful understanding of the physical nature of contact anglehysteresis, in particular an instructive description of the influence of surface roughness on thehysteresis. The prediction of the model is found in quite good agreement with the experimentalobservation and measurement.

Density of Liquid Ni-Cr Alloy

The density of liquid Ni-Cr alloy was measured by a modified sessile drop method. The density of liquid Ni-Cr alloywas found to decrease with increasing temperature and Cr concentration in the alloy. The molar volume of liquidNi-Cr alloy increases with increasing the Cr concentration in the alloy. The molar volume of Ni-Cr alloy determinedin the present work shows a positive deviation from the linear molar volume.

Dissolutive wetting process and interfacial characteristic of molten Sn–17Bi–0.5Cu alloy on copper substrate

The reactive spreading processes of Sn–17Bi–0.5Cu melt alloy on Cu substrate were studied by sessile drop method in the temperature range of 523–673 K.Dynamic contact angles between the solder and Cu substrate at different times were recorded with high-resolution CCD digital video.The smallest contact angle was observed at623 and 673 K.Ultimate spreading radius does not increase monotonously with the temperature increasing.These can be attributed to the strong dissolution of Cu substrate into the liquid solder,which hinders the solder from spreading.Triple line area configuration of the Sn–17Bi–0.5Cu/Cu system was discussed by the description of the equilibrium state.The calculated results based on experiments of the tension balances along each of the three interfaces show good agreement with theoretical analysis.Intermetallic compounds at the Sn–17Bi–0.5Cu/Cu interface are identified as Cu6Sn5adjacent to the solder and Cu3Sn adjacent to the Cu substrate,respectively.These results are of practical interest for composite lead-free solders’preparations and joining of Sn–17Bi–0.5Cu to Cu substrate.

Density of Liquid Steel over Temperature Range of 1803-1873K

The density of three kinds of liquid steel was measured by a modified sessile drop method over the temperature range of 1803-1 873 K.It is found that the density of liquid steels decreases with increasing temperature and carbon content in steel.Both of the density and its absolute temperature coefficient of studied steels are smaller than the literature values of pure iron.The molar volume of the steels increases with increasing temperature.

Wetting of Au and Ag particles on monocrystalline graphite substrates

The wetting behavior of Au and Ag particles on a monocrystalline graphite substrate was investigated using the microscopic sessile drop method under a purified Ar atmosphere at 1300 K. The measured contact angles of the liquid Au and Ag on monocrystalline graphite substrates of （0001） face were 129° and 124°, respectively. It is believed that the interaction at the interface is dominated by the physical bonding （van der Waal＇s interaction）.

Application of Annexation Principle in Investigation of Thermodynamic Property of Ternary Metallic Melt Fe-Cr-Ni

The interfacial tension at the Na 2O Li 2O SiO 2 B 2O 3 slag steel boundary has been determined in the temperature range of 1 803-1 873?K by sessile drop method with the transmission X ray technique. It was found that the variation of interfacial tension with temperature in the system of molten steel/Na 2O Li 2O SiO 2 B 2O 3 slag in the temperature range of 1 803 1 873?K is pretty little. The interfacial tension remarkably decreases with increasing the oxygen and/or sulfur content in molten steel. It suggesed that the oxygen and sulfur dissolved in molten steel act as a surface active solute at the slag steel interface. Consequently, the interfacial tension depends, in most part, on the oxygen content in molten steel, but the composition of the slag has a minor effect on the interfacial tension. In order to clear the effect of slag composition on the interfacial tension, the experimental results are discussed. The interfacial tension is observed to increase with increasing Na 2O and Li 2O contents, and decrease with increasing silica content in slag. The influence of B 2O 3 on the interfacial tension is pretty little.

Surface Tension of Molten Ni and Ni-Co Alloys

Surface tension of molten Ni and Ni-Co (5 and 10 mass fraction) alloys was measured at the temperature range of 1773-1873 K using an improved sessile drop method with an alumina substrate in an Ar+3%H2 atmosphere. The error of the data obtained was analyzed. The surface tension of molten Ni and Ni-Co (5 and 10 mass fraction) alloys decreases with increasing temperature. The influence of Co on the surface tension of Ni-Co alloys is little in the studied Co concentration range.

Density of Ni-Cr Alloy in the Mushy State

The density of Ni-Cr alloy in the mushy state has been measured using the modified sessile drop method. The density of Ni-Cr alloy in the mushy state was found to decrease with increasing temperature and Cr concentration in alloy. The molar volume of Ni-Cr alloy in the mushy state therefore increases with increasing the Cr concentration in alloy. The ratio of the difference of density divided by the temperature difference between liquidus and solidus temperatures decreases with increasing Cr concentration. The density of the alloy increased with the precipitation of a solid phase in alloy during the solidification process. The temperature dependence of the density of alloy in the mushy state was not linear but biquadratic.

Improved methodological concepts for processing liquid Mg at high temperature

In this paper,new improvements of methodological concepts upon examining wettability of high vapor pressure liquid metal systems(e.g.Mg-based alloys)in contact with refractory materials,are presented and discussed.In this regard,high-temperature experiments on molten magnesium(Mg)in contact with graphite as a refractory substrate,were performed by utilizing a newly developed testing device and by applying a suitable experimental procedure.The wetting experiments were carried out by the sessile drop method and under identical testing conditions(700℃/10 min under a protective gas atmosphere).Two different procedures were applied:the classical contact heating(CH)or a newly introduced capillary purification(CP)one.The contact angle behaviors observed under the same conditions were strongly influenced by the applied procedure.Specifically,in the case of using the CH procedure,a presence of native surface oxide layer on the metal surface hinders the observations of melting process,making not possible to experimentally determine the wetting kinetics curveθ=f(t).Contrarily,during the wetting test performed on the Mg/graphite couple by applying the CP procedure,the native surface oxide layer was mechanically removed during the squeezing of the molten Mg through the hole of a capillary.Indeed,an oxide-free squeezed Mg-drop with regular and spherical shape was successfully obtained and dispensed on the graphite substrate.Consequently,the reliable contact angle value aroundθ=150°for the Mg/graphite system,was measured within the wetting test.

Enhancement of wettability in AZ91/B_(4)C system by a mechanical purification of liquid alloy

Mg-based alloys are potential candidate materials for a fabrication of lightweight boron carbide based composites through a reactive melt infiltration approach. In this paper, the effect of a mechanical purification of molten AZ91 alloy’s surface on its wettability with polycrystalline B_(4)C is experimentally evaluated for the first time. For this purpose, sessile drop experiments were performed under the same operating conditions(700℃/5 min;Ar atmosphere), by using both the classical contact heating(CH) and the improved capillary purification(CP) procedure. It was found that the evolution of contact angle values was strongly influenced by the applied procedure. In particular, by using the classical CH procedure, the presence of a native oxide layer on the metal surface hinders the observations of melting process, resulting in a misleading conclusion that the system is non-wettable. Contrarily, during the wetting test performed by applying the CP procedure, the surface oxide layer was mechanically removed by squeezing the molten AZ91 alloy through a capillary. Accordingly, the oxide-free AZ91 drop with a regular and spherical shape was successfully obtained and dispensed on the B_(4)C substrate. A reliable contact angle value of θ =83° was measured at the AZ91/B_(4)C triple line at 700 ℃, which in turn proves that B_(4)C is wetted by the liquid AZ91 alloy. In contradiction to the literature, these good wetting conditions were assisted by a non-reactive wetting mechanism occurring at the AZ91/B_(4)C interface. To succeed in the fabrication of AZ91/B_(4)C composites by liquid metal infiltration, such experimental observations make it reasonable to expect a spontaneous infiltration process exclusively driven by capillarity, which in turn increases the efficiency of the process by the absence of reaction products that could be a potentially detrimental factor.

INTERFACIAL TENSION BETWEEN SLAG AND COPPER MATTE

The interfacial tension between FeO-CaO-SiO_2-MgO system slag and Cu-Fe-S system matte was determinated by the X-ray radiograph sessile drop method.The effects of FeO/SiO_2 ratio in the slag,contents of CaO,FeO,ZnO and CaF_2 in the slag on interracial tension and the relation of inter facial tension with the grade of matte and temperature have been studied.The floatation coefficient and film coefficient of slag-matte system has been calculated and the mechanism of the transition of iron and oxygen from slag to matte has also been discussed.