Thermophysical Properties of Liquid Metals
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 699
Special Issue Editor
Interests: waste recycling; metallurgy; composites; renewable energy; environmentally friendly manufacturing; the study of the physical properties of liquid metal at high temperatures; the development of technologies for the production of amorphous and nanocrystalline soft magnetic materials with unique magnetic properties; the preparation of amorphous high-entropy solders
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The thermophysical properties of liquid metals have become the object of intensive study in recent years. This is due to their wider application in a number of branches of national economy. Liquid metals are promising coolants used in modern power installations; they are used in semiconductor technology and as working bodies in objects of new technology. There are wide possibilities for the practical application of liquid semiconductors possessing such a complex of thermophysical properties that make their application as high-temperature thermoresistors and thermoelectric materials for solar energy needs promising. Of particular interest is the problem of the relationship between the thermophysical properties of substances in the solid and liquid states, since the technology of obtaining products from metals and their alloys passes through the liquid phase. The solution of this problem could lead to the production of materials with predetermined properties.
The difficulty in the experimental study of liquid metals, especially in the area of high temperatures, stimulates the development of theoretical and computational methods for their study. However, the creation of a rigorous theory that allows the prediction of the properties of liquid metals and linking them with the properties of the corresponding crystal is a very difficult problem that currently has no solution. The possibilities of the pseudopotential method, which is widely used in predicting the properties of metallic liquids, are reduced mainly to the calculation of the properties of only some non-transition metals. The model approach makes it possible to establish simple and illustrative relations linking various fluid properties, so it can be extremely useful and productive in predicting the thermophysical properties of liquid metals. The most effective way of solving this problem at the present time should be considered the creation of generalizations that closely combine methods of empirical systematization of a large array of data with the methods of molecular-kinetic theory. Therefore, research papers devoted to the study of the relationship between the thermophysical properties of liquid metals and the mechanical properties of metallic materials are considered particularly appropriate for this Special Issue.
Particular attention will be paid to the following two aspects (although consideration will not be limited to the material presented): (1) new experimental data on such thermophysical properties of metals in the liquid state as density, thermal conductivity, specific (mass) heat capacity, thermal conductivity, and kinematic viscosity; (2) the relationship of the thermophysical properties of elements in the solid and liquid states.
The aim of this Special issue is to collect the latest scientific advances in the thermophysical properties of liquid metals. All approaches will be considered, including theoretical, numerical, and experimental contributions. Reviews, regular articles, and technical notes are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Vladimir Tsepelev
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- thermophysical properties
- liquid metal
- density
- thermal conductivity
- specific (mass) heat capacity
- thermal conductivity
- kinematic viscosity
- relationship between solid and liquid states
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