Surface tension modelling of liquid Cd–Sn–Zn alloys

Abstract

The thermodynamic model in conjunction with Butler equation and the geometric models were used for the surface tension calculation of Cd–Sn–Zn liquid alloys. Good agreement was found between the experimental data for limiting binaries and model calculations performed with Butler model. In the case of ternary alloys, the surface tension variation with Cd content is better reproduced in the case of alloys lying on vertical sections defined by high Sn to Zn molar fraction ratio. The calculated surface tension is in relatively good agreement with the available experimental data. In addition, the surface segregation of liquid ternary Cd–Sn–Zn and constituent binaries has also been calculated.

Keywords:

• Butler equation
• Cd–Sn–Zn
• general solution model
• surface tension