Review of viscosity prediction models of liquid pure metals and alloys

Viscosity is an important property which could determine the flow liquid metal characteristics and reflect the liquidus structure. Therefore, the existence of an accurate model is necessary to calibrate the experimental measurement value of viscosity. At present, many models have been proposed to estimate the viscosity of pure liquid metal, the temperature dependence of viscosity and the viscosity of multicomponent alloy systems. In this paper, a number of the familiar models are given, and their fundamental modelling theory, model characteristics and applicability are adequately discussed. The general semi-empirical models which have been very successful in predicting the viscosity of pure liquid metal are divided into Andrade and Eyring two branches. The common multivariate melt viscosity prediction models are mostly based on the fundamental molecular theory method, which combines the thermodynamic parameters and achieves good validity. It is expected in the final that the corresponding viscosity prediction model of phase diagram might be more likely to replace the independent general prediction equation in the future.