Viscosity: Al-Cu, Cu-Fe, and Al-Cu-Fe

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

Al-Cu

The dynamic viscosity of Al-Cu binary system at 1373 K is calculated in the following plot.

Calculated dynamic viscosity of Al-Cu at 1373 K along with experimental data

Figure 1: Calculated dynamic viscosity of Al-Cu at 1373 K along with experimental data from [2009Kon; 2012Sch].

Cu-Fe

The dynamic viscosity of Cu-Fe binary system at 1913 K is calculated in the following plot.

Calculated dynamic viscosity of Cu-Fe at 1913 K along with experimental data

Figure 2: Calculated dynamic viscosity of Cu-Fe at 1913 K along with experimental data from [2013a/bChi].

Al-Cu-Fe

The following shows the kinematic viscosity as a function of Al composition.

Kinematic viscosity of Al-Cu-Fe alloys at 12.5 at% Fe with experimental data Kinematic viscosity of Al-Cu-Fe alloys at 25.5 at% Cu with experimental data

Figure 3: Kinematic viscosity of Al-Cu-Fe alloys at 12.5 at% Fe (left) and 25.5 at% Cu (right) along with experimental data from [2018Kam].

References

[2009Kon] N. Y. Konstantinova, P. S. Popel’, D. A. Yagodin, The kinematic viscosity of liquid copper-aluminum alloys. High Temp. 47, 336–341 (2009).

[2012Sch]  M. Schick, J. Brillo, I. Egry, B. Hallstedt, Viscosity of Al–Cu liquid alloys: measurement and thermodynamic description. J. Mater. Sci. 47, 8145–8152 (2012).

[2013aChi] O. A. Chikova, V. S. Tsepelev, A. N. Konstantinov, V. V V’yukhin, Influence of copper additives on the viscosity and stratification of iron melt. Steel Transl. 43, 262–266 (2013).

[2013bChi]  O. A. Chikova, V. S. Tsepelev, A. N. Konstantinov, V. V V’yukhin, Viscosity and separation of Fe-Cu melts. Russ. Metall. 2013, 643–646 (2013).

[2018Kam] L. V. Kamaeva, A. Y. Korepanov, V. I. Lady’anov, Temperature Behavior of the Viscosity of Quasi Crystal-Forming Al–Cu–Fe Melts. High Temp. 56, 514–518 (2018).