Surface Tension: Fe-Si, Fe-Ni, Cu-Fe-Ni, and Cu-Fe-Mo

The TCS Steel and Fe-alloys Database (TCFE) can be used to calculate the surface tension of the metallic liquid. Below are a few examples of the calculated surface tension curves compared with the experimental data. The surface tension thermophysical property data is included with the database as of version 11 (TCFE11).

Fe-Si

Calculated surface tension of Fe-Si liquid binary alloy at 1823 K compared to experimental data

Figure 1: Calculated surface tension of Fe-Si liquid binary alloy at 1823 K. The experimental data are taken from [1968Gel; 1974Kaw].

Fe-Ni

Calculated surface tension of Fe-Ni liquid binary alloy at 1773 K compared to experimental data

Figure 2: Calculated surface tension of Fe-Ni liquid binary alloy at 1773 K. The experimental data are taken from [1993Lee; 2005Bri].

Cu-Fe-Ni

Calculated surface tension of Cu-Fe-Ni liquid ternary alloys at 1800 K compared to experimental data

Figure 3: Calculated surface tension of Cu-Fe-Ni liquid ternary alloys at 1800 K. The experimental data are taken from [2006Bri].

Cu-Fe-Mo

Calculated surface tension of Cu-Fe-Mo compared to experimental data

Figure 4: Calculated surface tension of Cu-Fe-Mo compared to experimental data [2008Wan].

References

[1968Gel] P. V. Geld, P. V. Kocherov, E. S. Levin, B. A. Baum, “Viscosity, Density and Surface Energy of Molten Alloys of Iron and Silicon” (1968), (Air Force Systems Command Foreign Technology Division Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, USA).

[1974Kaw] Y. KAWAI, K. MORI, M. KISHIMOTO, K. ISHIKURA, T. SHIMADA, Surface Tension of Liquid Fe-C-Si Alloys. Tetsu-to-Hagane. 60, 29–37 (1974).

[1993Lee] H.-K. Lee, M. G. Frohberg, J. P. Hajra, The determination of the surface tensions of liquid iron, nickel and iron-nickel alloys using the electromagnetic oscillating droplet technique. Steel Res. 64, 191–196 (1993).

[2005Bri] J. Brillo, I. Egry, Surface tension of nickel, copper, iron and their binary alloys. J. Mater. Sci. 40, 2213–2216 (2005).

[2006Bri]  J. Brillo, I. Egry, T. Matsushita, Density and Surface Tension of Liquid Ternary Ni–Cu–Fe Alloys. Int. J. Thermophys. 27, 1778–1791 (2006).

[2008Wan] H. P. Wang, B. C. Luo, T. Qin, J. Chang, B. Wei, Surface tension of liquid ternary Fe–Cu–Mo alloys measured by electromagnetic levitation oscillating drop method. J. Chem. Phys. 129, 124706 (2008).