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Temperature-dependent viscosity and its relationship with local atomic packing structure of a liquid Zr56Co28Al16 alloy have been investigated by using an electromagnetic levitation device on board a parabolic flight airplane, together with ab initio molecular dynamics simulations. It is found that viscosity inversely correlates with the fraction of ‘loose’ atoms having larger free volume, indicating that the temperature-dependent viscosity during cooling is statistically related with the fraction of close packing atoms.
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The work at the Zhejiang University in China was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFA0403400), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11975202 and U1832203), the international cooperation project of China Manned Space Program, and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities are gratefully acknowledged. The computer resources at National Supercomputer Centers in Tianjin are also gratefully acknowledged. M. M., Y. D. and H.-J. F. acknowledge the continued support by the German Space Agency DLR under contract 50WM1759 and the support by the European Space Agency ESA under contract AO-2009-1020.
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Wang, X.L., Dong, Y., Mohr, M. et al. Correlation Between Viscosity and Local Atomic Structure in Liquid Zr56Co28Al16 Alloy. Microgravity Sci. Technol. 34, 10 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12217-022-09925-8
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