High Temperature Stability of K-Pb Liquid Alloy

Abstract:

The study explores the thermo-physical properties of complex binary liquid potassium-lead alloy at temperature 848 K as a function of concentration by considering complex using different model equations. The Quasi Chemical approximation and the R-K equation are used to investigate features such as free energy, heat of mixing, chemical activity, and concentration fluctuation in the long wave limit at temperature of 848 K. However, at 900 K and 1000 K, these are exclusively examined using the R-K equation. The temperature dependent exponential interaction parameters proposed by Kaptay are taken into account in the RK equation. The study goes on to look at the alloy's viscosity and surface tension using the Budai-Benko-Kaptay model and the Kaptay's improved derivation of Butler equation. The mixing nature of the system is investigated in depth, with a focus on the interaction energy parameters between the alloy's surrounding atoms. The work investigates the fact that the liquid alloy has a moderately interacting as well as ordering character throughout a whole concentration range, and the computed theoretical thermodynamic facts are in reasonable agreement with the corresponding experimental data at 848 K. At greater temperatures, the alloy's tendency goes from ordering to segregating. The alloy's viscosity and surface tension decrease as the temperature rises.

• Periodical: Defect and Diffusion Forum (Volume 419)
• Pages: 147-154
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-1z40lr
• Online since: October 2022
• Authors: Narayan Panthi*, Indra Bahadur Bhandari, Ishwar Koirala
• Keywords: Complex Formation, Interaction Parameters, Ordering, Thermo-Physical Properties

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