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Edited By N. Eustathopoulos, CNRS, Laboratoire de Thermodynamique et Physicochimie Métallurgiques, ENSEEG, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, France M.G. Nicholas, Formerly at: Materials Development Division, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, UK B. Drevet, Laboratoire de la Solidification et de ses Procédés, Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur les Matériaux, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique – Grenoble, France
Description The purpose of this book is to bring together current scientific understanding of wetting behaviour that has been gained from theoretical
models and quantitative experimental observations. The materials considered are liquid metals or inorganic glasses in contact with solid
metals or ceramics at temperatures of 200-2000oC. Wetting has been a significant scientific concern for the last two
centuries and reference will be made to classical work by nineteenth century scientists such as Dupré, Laplace and Young that
was validated by observations of the behaviour of chemically inert ambient temperature systems. In attempting to achieve the aims
of the book, the text has been divided into ten Chapters that can be grouped into four stages of presentation. The first stage comprises
two Chapters that review established and newly developed models for their relevance to wetting behaviour at high temperatures, including
recent models that encompass the role of chemical reactions at the solid/liquid interfaces. Attention is paid both to equilibrium wetting
behaviour (Chapter 1) and to the factors that control the approach to equilibrium (Chapter 2). Then follow Chapters concerned with experimental
techniques for scientific measurement of the extent of wetting (Chapter 3) and with the surface energy data for both metals and non-metals
that are essential for quantitative interpretation of wetting behaviour (Chapter 4). Descriptions of experimentally determined and quantified
wetting behaviour are presented and interpreted in the third part comprising five Chapters dealing with the characteristics of metal/metal,
metal/oxide, metal/non-oxide, metal/carbon and molten glass/solid systems. The book concludes with a Chapter commenting on the role of
wetting behaviour in joining similar and dissimilar materials by liquid route techniques.
Audience
For scientists and research teams specializing in wetting behaviour.
Contents
Chapter headings and sub-headings: Series Preface. Preface.
Fundamental Equations of Wetting. Surface
and interfacial energies in solid / liquid / vapour systems. Ideal solid surfaces. Non-ideal solid surfaces. Different types of wetting.
Dynamics of Wetting by Metals and Glasses. Non-reactive wetting. Reactive wetting. Formation of 3D Compounds.
Methods
of Measuring Wettability Parameters. Sessile drop experiments. The wetting balance technique. Accuracy of contact angle data.
Surface Energies. Data for metals and alloys. Data for non-metallic compounds.
Wetting Properties of Metal /
Metal Systems. A pure liquid metal on its own solid. Systems with negligible mutual solubility. Systems with significant mutual
solubility. Effects of alloying elements. Systems that form intermetallic compounds. Wetting under technical conditions.
Wetting
Properties of Metal / Oxide Systems. Reactive and non-reactive systems. Non-reactive pure metal / ionocovalent oxide systems.
Effect of electronic structure of the oxide. Effects of oxygen. Alloying elements. Wetting of fluorides.
Wetting Properties of
Metal / Non-Oxide Ceramic Systems. Metals on predominantly covalent ceramics. Metals on metal-like ceramics.
Wetting
Properties of Metal / Carbon Systems. Non-reactive systems. Reactive systems.
Wetting by Glasses and Salts.
The glassy state. Wetting behaviour.
Wetting When Joining. Flow into capillary gaps. Joining metal components. Joining
ceramic components: ceramic-ceramic and ceramic-metal joints. Joining by related techniques. Effects on mechanical properties. Appendices
A-I. List of symbols. Index.
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