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Wetting Transition in a Molten Metal and Solid Substrate System in High Magnetic Fields

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Wetting transitions between molten metals and different solid substrates were investigated using the sessile drop method to evaluate the possibilities of regulating wettability by high magnetic fields (HMFs) during wetting. For most wetting counterparts, the molten-metal droplet outline showed an apparent change because of the influence of HMFs. Contact angles that were measured with HMFs decreased compared with contact angles that were measured without HMFs. The temperature and magnetic-flux density had an evident but more complicated effect on the wetting transition. For reactive wetting systems, the effect of HMFs on changes of element distributions at the metal/substrate interface may lead to a variety of wetting transitions. For non-reactive wetting systems, solidified metal droplets can move from the solid substrates after wetting. No detailed and comprehensive explanations on HMF wetting-transition mechanisms exist, and further work is required. This study contributes to perfect wetting mechanisms and theories and provides a scientific approach to control wettability.

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The authors are grateful for the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51774086, 51574073, 51425401, and 51690161), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant Nos. N180915002, N170902002, and N170908001), and Liaoning Innovative Research Team in University, China (Grant No. LT2017011).

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    Yubao Xiao, Tie Liu, Zhengyang Lu, Guojian Li & Qiang Wang

  2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, P.R. China

    Yubao Xiao

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    Zhengyang Lu & Shuang Yuan

  4. Fine Particle Engineering Group, National Institute for Materials Science, 3-13 Sakura, Tsukuba, Japan

    Noriyuki Hirota

  5. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Special Steel, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200072, P.R. China

    Zhongming Ren

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Xiao, Y., Liu, T., Lu, Z. et al. Wetting Transition in a Molten Metal and Solid Substrate System in High Magnetic Fields. Metall Mater Trans A 51, 2333–2343 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-020-05706-3

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