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Viscosity and Density of Liquid Lead-Tin And Antimony-Cadmium Alloys

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The influence of temperature and composition on the viscosity of high-purity liquid metals and alloys of the Pb-Sn and Sb-Cd systems was investigated by the logarithmic-decrement method. The variation of viscosity with temperature above the liquidus followed the equation: η= AeE/RT. No large increase in viscosity was found just before normal freezing of any of the metals or alloys investigated. Certain alloys, supercooled below their stable liquidus, however, did show a marked increase in viscosity. Experimental activation energies for viscosity were determined for the metals investigated. Liquid-metal density values were obtained by a modified Jaeger’s method.

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  1. Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

    H. J. Fisher (Member AIME, Research Metallurgist)

  2. Yale University, New Haven, Conn., USA

    A. Phillips (Member AIME, Professor of Metallurgy)

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Discussion on this paper, TP 3843E, may be sent, 2 copies, to AIME by Jan. 1, 1955. Manuscript, Apr. 9, 1954. Chicago Meeting, November 1954.

This paper is based on a portion of a thesis by H. J. Fisher submitted, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Engineering, to the Graduate School of Engineering, Yale University.

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Fisher, H.J., Phillips, A. Viscosity and Density of Liquid Lead-Tin And Antimony-Cadmium Alloys. JOM 6, 1060–1070 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03398346

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