Jürgen Brillo Thermophysical Properties of Multicomponent Liquid Alloys Also of interest Alloys and Metals Mark Anthony Benvenuto, 2016 ISBN 978-3-11-040784-6, e-ISBN 978-3-11-044185-7, e-ISBN (EPUB) 978-3-11-043352-4 Metal Matrix Composites J. Paulo Davim (Ed.), 2014 ISBN 978-3-11-031541-7, e-ISBN 978-3-11-031544-8, e-ISBN (EPUB) 978-3-11-038201-3, Set-ISBN 978-3-11-031545-5 Machinability of Fibre-Reinforced Plastics J. Paulo Davim (Ed.), 2015 ISBN 978-3-11-029222-0, e-ISBN 978-3-11-029225-1, e-ISBN (EPUB) 978-3-11-038887-9, Set-ISBN 978-3-11-029226-8 High Temperature Materials and Processes ed. by Hiroyuki Fukuyama ISSN 2191-0324 Journal for Manufacturing Science and Production ed. by Ramana G. Reddy ISSN 2191-4184 Jürgen Brillo Thermophysical Properties of Multicomponent Liquid Alloys Author Priv.-Doz. Dr. Jürgen Brillo Institute of Materials Physics in Space German Aerospace Center (DLR) 51170 Köln Germany [email protected] ISBN 978-3-11-046684-3 e-ISBN (PDF) 978-3-11-046899-1 e-ISBN (EPUB) 978-3-11-046692-8 Set-ISBN 978-3-11-046900-4 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A CIP catalog record for this book has been applied for at the Library of Congress. Bibliographic information published by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data are available on the Internet at http://dnb.dnb.de. ©2016 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston Cover image: Institut für Materialphysik im Weltraum, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (eV) Printing and binding: CPI books GmbH, Leck ♾Printed on acid-free paper Printed in Germany www.degruyter.com | † to my father Acknowledgement Iwishtoacknowledgethesupportthisworkreceivedfromvariouspersonsandinsti- tutions: Firstofall,IwouldliketothankProf.Dr.AndreasMeyer,directoroftheInstituteof MaterialsPhysicsinSpaceoftheGermanAerospaceCenter(DLR),forgrantingmethe opportunitytoperformthiswork.IalsowishtothankProf.Dr.FlorianKarglwhoread thisbookletfromitsbeginningtotheendandwhoprovidedmewithusefulcomments. Equallywell,IacknowledgetheattendanceandsupportIreceivedfromProf.Dr. AndreasBührig-Polaczek,headoftheFoundryInstituteoftheRWTH-AachenUniver- sity,andthestimulatingdiscussionsIhadwithhim. This work would simply not exist without the initial spark lit by Prof. Dr. Ivan Egryin2002.I’malsogratefultomyothercolleaguesfromDLR.Inparticular,Iwish tomentionthemembersoftheworkshopaswellasFrauAstridBöltandFrauRegina Krausfromthelibrary. Mygreatestcredit,however,isduetomyco-authorswithwhomItrulyenjoyed workingtogether.AlthoughIcannotnameanyofthempersonallyhere,Iwishtomen- tionthatthisworkwouldnothavebeenpossibleinitscurrentformwithoutthecon- tributionstheymadeoveralltheyears. Last,butnotleast,Iacknowledgefinancialsupportfromthefollowingagencies: GermanScienceFoundation(DFG),DepartmentofEducationandResearch(BMBF), EuropeanSpaceAssociation(ESA),GermanAcademicExchangeService(DAAD)and ERASMUSfoundation. Contents Acknowledgement|VII 1 Introduction|1 1.1 Newmaterials|1 1.2 Materialsandprocessdesign|4 1.3 Challenges|6 1.4 Goals|8 1.5 Questions|10 1.6 Strategyandprocedure|10 1.7 Thermophysicalproperties|12 2 Experimentalmethods|14 2.1 Conventionaltechniques|14 2.2 Levitationtechniques|15 2.3 Opticaldilatometry|23 2.4 Oscillatingdropmethod|27 2.5 Oscillatingcupviscometry|34 3 Density|38 3.1 Formalism|38 3.2 Unarysystems|42 3.3 Binarysystems|55 3.4 Ternarysystems|60 3.5 Observedtrends|63 3.6 Explanationattempts|66 3.7 Summaryandconclusions|68 4 Surfacetension|70 4.1 Formalismandmodels|70 4.2 Unarysystems|84 4.3 Binarysystems|97 4.4 Ternarysystems|107 4.5 Observedtrends|113 4.6 Summaryandconclusions|116 5 Viscosity|118 5.1 Formalismandmodels|118 5.2 Unarysystems|123 5.3 Binaryandternarysystems|134