title: Surface tension and its temperature coefficient of molten tin determined with the sessile drop method at different oxygen partial pressures.
abstract: The surface tension of molten tin has been determined by the sessile drop method at temperatures ranging from 523 to 1033 K and in the oxygen partial pressure (P(O(2))) range from 2.85 x 10(-19) to 8.56 x 10(-6) MPa, and its dependence on temperature and oxygen partial pressure has been analyzed. At P(O(2))=2.85 x 10(-19) and 1.06 x 10(-15) MPa, the surface tension decreases linearly with the increase of temperature and its temperature coefficients are -0.151 and -0.094 mN m(-1) K(-1), respectively. However, at high P(O(2)) (3.17 x 10(-10), 8.56 x 10(-6) MPa), the surface tension increases with the temperature near the melting point (505 K) and decreases above 723 K. The surface tension decrease with increasing P(O(2)) is much larger near the melting point than at temperatures above 823 K. The contact angle between the molten tin and the alumina substrate is 158-173 degrees, and the wettability is poor.
authors.affiliation: Multi-Phase Reaction Laboratory, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080, People's Republic of China. yuanzhf@home.ipe.ac.cn
authors.forename: Zhang Fu
authors.initials: ZF
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Kusuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mukai
authors.forename: Katsuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohtaka
authors.forename: Wen Lai
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Qiu Sheng
authors.initials: QS
authors.lastname: Liu