Surface Tension: Au-Cu, Cu-Zr, and Ag-Au-Cu

The surface tension thermophysical property data is included with the TCS Cu-based Alloys Database (TCCU) as of version 4 (TCCU4).

Au-Cu

Surface tension of Au-Cu at 1381 K compared to experimental data

Figure 1: Surface tension of Au-Cu at 1381 K. Experimental data are taken from [2006Paj].

Cu-Zr

Surface tension of Cu-Zr at 1373 K compared to experimental data

Figure 2: Surface tension of Cu-Zr at 1373 K. Experimental data are taken from [2005Kra].

Ag-Au-Cu

The surface tensions of several liquid Ag-Au-Cu alloys are shown.

Calculated surface tension of Ag-Cu, Au-Cu and Ag-Au-Cu alloys at 1381 K along with experimental dat

Figure 3: Calculated surface tension of Ag-Cu, Au-Cu and Ag-Au-Cu alloys at 1381 K along with experimental data from [1981Gal].

References

[1981Gal] B. Gallois, C. H. P. Lupis, Surface tensions of liquid Ag-Au-Cu alloys. Metall. Trans. B. 12, 679–689 (1981).

[2005Kra] V. P. Krasovskyy, Y. V. Naidich, N. A. Krasovskaya, Surface tension and density of copper–Zirconium alloys in contact with fluoride refractories. J. Mater. Sci. 40, 2367–2369 (2005).

[2006Paj] R. Pajarre, P. Koukkari, T. Tanaka, J. Lee, Computing surface tensions of binary and ternary alloy systems with the Gibbsian method. Calphad. 30, 196–200 (2006).