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Liquid metal
About: Liquid metal is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 6947 publications have been published within this topic receiving 77785 citations. The topic is also known as: liquid alloy & liquid metal alloy.
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TL;DR: In this article, the results of an experimental study of heat and mass transfer processes in a Plazer 30-PL-W plasma-jet facility used for arc-plasma wire spraying were reported.
Abstract: In the present paper, we report on the results of an experimental study of heat- and mass-transfer processes in a Plazer 30-PL-W plasma-jet facility used for arc-plasma wire spraying. Using an original optical diagnostic system, we have studied melting behavior of the metal wire, break up and atomization of liquid metal. For the first time, experimental data on the in-flight velocity and temperature of spray particles in arc-plasma wire spraying were obtained. In spite of moderate particle velocities (about 50 m/s), the obtained steel coatings proved to have a low porosity of 1.5%. While studying the spraying process of tungsten wire, we observed the occurrence of anomalous high-velocity (over 4000 m/s) outbursts ejected from the surface of liquid metal droplets. The nature of such outbursts calls for further study.
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TL;DR: In this article, a numerical calculation of the electric field and current density distribution for a liquid metal ion (LMI) source has been carried out and the predicted emission characteristics compare favorably with experimental results for Ga, however the homogeneous space charge model is unable to account for all the experimentally observed increase in beam divergence with increasing mass and current.
Abstract: A numerical calculation of the electric field and current density distribution for a liquid metal ion (LMI) source has been carried out. If a field evaporation mechanism for ion formation is assumed an elongated Taylor cone shape emitter is required to account for the observed total currents. Trajectory calculations including the effect of uniform space charge have been carried out as a function of total current and particle mass. The predicted emission characteristics compare favorably with experimental results for Ga, however the homogeneous space charge model is unable to account for all of the experimentally observed increase in beam divergence with increasing mass and current.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe an extremely facile method to fabricate metallic wires at room temperature by stretching viscoelastic polymer substrates supporting a drop of gallium-based liquid metal.
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TL;DR: In this article, a liquid-state thermal diode was proposed, in which the thermal conduction changes through thermal expansion of metallic liquid to displace air, and demonstrated that the thermal resistance between the forward and reverse modes can differ by a factor of two.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented an approach to draw an embryo of the liquid-liquid (L-L) phase diagram for binary alloys above liquidus in the paper, expecting to guide metallurgy process so as to improve the properties of alloys.
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