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Surface tensions of iron-nickel alloys were measured as a function of oxygen potential at 1550 °C using the sessile drop technique. The surface tension of pure liquid nickel and iron-nickel alloys was measured at a total pressure of 1 atmosphere under varying CO2/CO ratios. An increase in the oxygen potential in the gas phase was found to correspond to a decrease in surface tension of pure nickel and iron-nickel alloys, indicating that oxygen is surface active in both liquid nickel and iron-nickel alloys. At low oxygen potentials, nickel additions to liquid iron were found to cause small decreases in alloy surface tensions; however, at higher oxygen potentials, the surface tension of the alloy exhibited a minimum value as nickel was added to iron. The adsorption coefficients of oxygen in liquid iron-nickel alloys and pure liquid nickel were determined from the surface-tension data using Belton’s analysis, and were found to be similar to those calculated from kinetic studies. Wettability of iron-nickel alloys on an alumina substrate was studied through contact-angle measurements. At a constant alloy nickel content, the contact angle between the alloy and alumina decreased with increased oxygen potential in the gas phase.
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Sharan, A., Cramb, A.W. Surface tension and wettability studies of liquid Fe-Ni-O alloys. Metall Mater Trans B 28, 465–472 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-997-0113-4
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