Surface Tension: Al-Mg, Al-Zn, and Al-Mg-Zn

The surface tension thermophysical property data is included with the TCS Mg-based Alloys Database (TCMG) starting with version 6 (TCMG6).

Al-Mg

The surface tension of Al-Mg liquid alloys at 973 K is shown. The experimental data are from [1986Gar; 2018Gan].

Calculated surface tension of liquid Al-Mg at 973 K along with the experimental data

Figure 1: Calculated surface tension of liquid Al-Mg at 973 K along with the experimental data.

Al-Zn

The following plot is the calculated surface tension of Al-Zn binary system along with experimental data from [2016Try].

Calculated surface tension of Al-Zn at 1023 K along with experimental dat

Figure 2: Calculated surface tension of Al-Zn at 1023 K along with experimental data.

Al-Mg-Zn Alloys

The surface tension of Al-67.8-2Zn at%, Al-51.7Mg-2Zn at% and Al-38Mg-1.8Zn at% alloys as a function of temperature is shown.

Calculated surface tension of three Al-Mg-Zn alloys as a function of temperature.

Figure 3: Calculated surface tension of three Al-Mg-Zn alloys as a function of temperature. The experimental data are from [2018Gan].

Reference

[1986Gar] C. Garcia-Cordovilla, E. Louis, A. Pamies, The surface tension of liquid pure aluminium and aluminium-magnesium alloy. J. Mater. Sci. 21, 2787–2792 (1986).

[2016Try]  M. E. Trybula, T. Gancarz, W. Gąsior, Density, surface tension and viscosity of liquid binary Al-Zn and ternary Al-Li-Zn alloys. Fluid Phase Equilib. 421, 39–48 (2016).

[2018Gan] T. Gancarz, J. Jourdan, W. Gasior, H. Henein, Physicochemical properties of Al, Al-Mg and Al-Mg-Zn alloys. J. Mol. Liq. 249, 470–476 (2018).