Relationship between Kinematic Viscosity and Cluster Size in Multicomponent Metal Melts

Abstract:

We analyzed the temperature dependences of the kinematic viscosity and density of Fe_73.5Cu₁M₃Si_13.5B₉ melts, where M = Nb, Mo, V, and Cr, in the temperature range from 1450 to 1950 K using the transition state theory. It is shown that the activation energy of viscous flow is proportional to the particle size on a natural logarithmic scale. The lowest viscosity and the highest free volume has the Nb melt. In melts with Mo, V, and Cr, the structural units of viscous flow upon heating and cooling are clusters about 0.6 nm in size. In a melt with Nb, at the initial stage of heating, the vibrations of individual atoms prevail, the movement of which creates viscosity. After heating the Nb melt above the critical temperature of 1770 K, the viscous flow is associated with clusters about 1 nm in size. At the cooling stage, the cluster structure of the Nb melt is retained up to a temperature of 1450 K.

• Periodical: Defect and Diffusion Forum (Volume 410)
• Pages: 102-107
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/DDF.410.102
• Online since: August 2021
• Authors: Vladimir S. Tsepelev*, Yuri N. Starodubtsev, Yekaterina A. Kochetkova
• Keywords: Cluster Size, Kinematic Viscosity, Melt Density, Multicomponent Melts

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