Droplet impingement method to measure the surface tension of molten zirconium oxide

Figures & data

Figure 1. (a) Concept of the droplet impingement method (b) Schematic of the impingement analysis system.

Figure 2. Images of the (a) sample during impingement (b) analyzed sample.

Figure 3. Time dependence of the center of gravity of the sample.

Figure 4. Schematic of the oscillation analysis system.

Figure 5. (a) Damping oscillation of the ZrO₂ sample (b) FFT analysis of the oscillation.

Figure 6. Surface tension of liquid ZrO_2.

Figure 7. Weber numbers of the samples.

Figure 8. Temperature dependence of the surface tension of the Zr-O system [5,22].

Figure 9. Composition dependence of the surface tension of the Zr-O system.

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