Correlation between surface tension, density, and sound velocity of liquid metals.
The inter-relationship of surface tension sigma, density rho, and sound velocity c has been examined for forty-one liquid metals. Sound velocities correlate with the equation, log c=0.5526log(sigma/rho)+5.4364. Unknown sound velocities may be estimated using surface tension and liquid density values.
Blairs
Sidney
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School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, P.O. Box 1, Kensington, 2030 Australia. blairs@netspace.net.au