Surface tension of liquid Fe-Cr-O alloys at 1823 K

The surface tension of liquid Fe-Cr-O alloys has been determined by using the sessile drop method at 1823 K. It was found that the surface tension of liquid Fe-Cr-O alloy markedly decreases with oxygen content at constant chromium content, and the surface tension at a given oxygen content remains almost constant, regardless of the chromium content. When the surface tension of liquid Fe-Cr-O alloys is plotted as a function of oxygen activity, with an increase in the chromium content, the surface tension shows a much steeper decrease with respect to oxygen activity. The surface tension of liquid Fe-Cr-O alloys at 1823 K is given as follows: sigma = 1842 - 279 ln (1 + K(O)a(O)). Here, assuming a Langmuirtype adsorption isotherm, the adsorption coefficient of oxygen, KO(Fe-Cr), as a function of chromium content, was shown to be K-O = 140 + 4.2 x [wt pct Cr] + 1.14 x [wt pet Cr](2).