Paper 13.6

The Surface Tension and Density of Cu-Pb-Fe Alloys

 

Kucharski Marian, Fima Przemysław

 

AGH University of Science and Technology, 30 Mickiewicza Avenue, 30-059 Kraków, Poland.

 

The surface tension and density for twelve Cu-Pb-Fe alloys were determined by sessile drop method. The X-ray radiographic technique was used to obtain images of Cu-Pb-Fe drops, and computer programs were employed to calculate densities and surface tensions of investigated alloys. Investigated alloys were selected to cover the composition of reduced alloys from slag obtained during direct-to-blister flash smelting process. The surface tension  was found to  increase with temperature. It suggests that lead atoms were replaced by iron and copper atoms in the surface phase of the Cu-Pb-Fe alloys.