Surface effects and flow conditions in small volume melts with varying sulphur content
Surface effects and flow conditions in small volume melts with varying sulphur content
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不同硫含量的小体积熔体的表面效应和流动条件
DOI:
10.1002/srin.200100087
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发表时间:
2001
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P. Scheller
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作者:
P. Scheller
The surface effects and flow behaviour in melts with a volume of a few cubic millimetres were investigated using 1 mm thick X5CrNi18-9 (AISI 304) stainless steel strips after partial remelting by a TIG (tungsten inert gas) burner. In the industrially produced material the S mass content was varied between 20 and 100 ppm. The surface excess of sulphur indicates that the surface saturation was not achieved compared to the values in the Fe-S system. The thickness of the layer with high sulphur enrichment depends on the S activity and varied between approximately 260 and 460 nm and achieves the bulk S content at a distance of approximately 1.2 pm from the surface. This layer is noticeably thinner than the diffusion boundary layer and considerably thinner than the flow boundary layer. The topography of the rapidly solidified liquid pool makes it possible, taking previously estimated temperature coefficients of surface tension into account, to explain the flow behaviour in the melt with regard to the S content and to the temperature gradients. The results obtained indicate that the shearing force caused by surface tension gradients (Marangoni effect) controls the flow conditions in small volume melts.