Journal of Lanzhou University of Technology ›› 2020, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (4): 15-21.

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Effect of Sn-xTi/Al2O3 wettability with Ti addition

SUI Ran1, JU Chun-yan2, JIA Jin-long1, ZHAO Dan1   

  1. 1. College of Materials Engineering, Lanzhou Institute of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, China;
    2. College of Technology and Engineering, Lanzhou Univ. of Tech., Lanzhou 730050, China
  • Received:2019-11-08 Online:2020-08-28 Published:2020-11-10

Abstract: In order to solve a problem that addition of active element Ti is beneficial to improve wettability of metal/Al2O3 system, but the wettability mechanism is still unclear, the wettability of molten Sn-(0%,2%,5%) Ti alloy on Al2O3 surface in high vacuum at 973~1 273 K was studied by improved sessile drop method. The results show that increase of Ti content significantly improves the wettability ofSn-xTi/Al2O3 system. The reason for wettability improvement is that the adsorption of Ti at the interface reduces free energy of the solid/liquid interface, rather than the reaction product precipitated at the interface. For this conclusion, conducted experimental results are verified by a statistical thermodynamic model of adsorption, and it is proved that the spreading kinetics of Sn-xTi Al2O3 system is well controlled by the adsorption kinetics to a great extent.

Key words: wettability, spreading, adsorption, interfacial reaction

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