Citation

Ninomiya T, Choh T. Journal of Japan Institute of Light Metals 1991; 41(8): 528-533.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991)

DOI

10.2464/jilm.41.528

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Wettability of alumina fibres containing 15%SiO2 to liquid aluminum alloys were measured using a dip coverage method, dipping a bundle of fibres into liquid metal. The wetting process could be analyzed by the same model applied in the previous work. Although the value of overall reaction rate constant k0 for fibre dipped into pure aluminum at 1273 K slightly decreased, the incubation time increased considerably comparing with that for block. On the other hand, the value of k0 for fibre to Al--Ca system alloy at 1273 K increased higher than that of block. These experimental results were explained based on the Wenzel's rule describing the effect of the roughness of solid/melt interface on the wettability. Calcium and magnesium additions improved the wettability at 1023 K by forming their oxides or suicide at or near the interface. On the other hand, silicon showed an inferior effect on the wettability. The dependence of the wettability of fibre to a Al--3%Ca alloy on temperature gave the activation energy of 335 kj/mol, which was almost the same as the single binding energy of Si-O of 370 kJ/mol. Therefore, the wetting process of alumina fibre containig 15% SiO2 is possibly controlled by the rate of dissociation of SiO2. © 1991, The Japan Institute of Light Metals. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

Alumina; Alumina - Wetting; Alumina Fibers Wettability; alumina fibre; Aluminum and Alloys - Metallic Matrix Composites; Aluminum Calcium Magnesium Alloys - Molten; composite; Comtosite Materials - Fiber Reinforcement; dip coverage method; interfacial reaction; Liquid Aluminum Alloys; Liquid Metals - Wetting; wettability