Materials Transactions, JIM
Online ISSN : 2432-471X
Print ISSN : 0916-1821
ISSN-L : 0916-1821
Wetting Behavior in Aluminum-Alumina-Salt Systems
Raja R. RoyYogeshwar Sahai
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1997 Volume 38 Issue 6 Pages 571-574

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Wetting characteristics and interfacial properties of metal, oxide, and salt play an important role during the remelting of aluminum scrap. The contact angle between aluminum and alumina immersed in molten salt, and interfacial tensions between aluminum/alumina, aluminum/salt, and alumina/salt are important properties in this regard. In this work, the contact angle between aluminum and alumina immersed in molten salt, based on equimolar NaCl–KCl composition, was measured using the sessile drop method. The interfacial tension between alumina and salt was calculated from the measured value of the contact angle. The calculated change in free energy due to oxide film removal shows that the oxide film removal is not spontaneous.

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