Surface Tension and Kinematic Viscosity of Multicomponent FeCuNbSiB Melt

Abstract:

This work investigated the surface tension and kinematic viscosity of the multicomponent Fe_73.5Cu₁Nb₃Si_13.5B₉ melt. A relationship was found between surface tension and kinematic viscosity, which manifests itself in a synchronous change in these quantities at temperatures of 1600 and 1780 K. In the temperature range 1600–1780 K, there is a sharp increase in surface tension upon heating and the same decrease upon cooling. The increase in surface tension during heating was explained by the appearance of a large number of free Nb atoms as a result of the dissolution of the residual crystalline phase in the mushy zone, and their diffusion to the melt surface. The drop in the surface tension on cooling below 1780 K is associated with the liquid–liquid structure transition (LLST), which stimulates the outflow of Nb atoms from the surface in order to form new stable clusters. The LLST manifests itself in a change in the activation energy of a viscous flow, which is higher in the high-temperature region and corresponds to the motion of larger clusters with a length scale of about 1 nm.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 918)
• Pages: 23-28
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-9114ih
• Online since: April 2022
• Authors: Vladimir S. Tsepelev*, Yuri N. Starodubtsev, Vladimir V. V'yukhin, Nadezhda P. Tsepeleva
• Keywords: Kinematic Viscosity, Multicomponent Melts, Surface Segregation, Surface Tension

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