THE WETTABILITY OF SOLIDS

BY LIQUID METALS

Ju. V. Naidich

Institute of Material Problems

Academy of Sciences, Ukranian S.S.R.
Kiev, USSR

I. Introduction 354
II. General Laws of the Wetting of Solids by Liquids.
Wettability by Liquid Metals 357
A. Interfacial Surface Energy and Contact Angles of
Wetting in Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Systems . . 359
B. The Nature of Adhesive Forces Determining the
Wettability of a Solid by a Metal Melt 366
III. Methods of Measuring the Wettability of a Solid Body by a
Liquid Metal 371
A. Sessile Drop Method 371
B. The Plate Weight Method 375
C. Instrumentation for Measuring Surface Tension and
Wetting Angle 376
IV. The Wettability of Different Classes of Solids by Liquid
Metals 380
A. The Wettability of Ionic Compounds by Metal
Melts 381
B. The Wettability of Covalent Solids by Metals 409
C. The Wettability of High-Melting Metal-Like
Compounds by Metals 439
D. The Wettability in the Solid Metal-Liquid Metal Melt
System 447
V. Conclusion 470
References 470

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