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Wettability and spreading kinetics of molten aluminum on copper-coated ceramics

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of Cu-coating on the spreading kinetics and equilibrium contact angles of aluminum on ceramics using a sessile drop technique. Al2O3 and SiC plates were coated by electroless plating. The copper film overcomes the low wetting of the uncoated samples by dissolution in the drop at 800 °C in argon, showing an intrinsically favorable effect on the adhesion energy. Just after 2 min, the contact angle decreased to 12.6° and 26°for Al/Cu–Al2O3 and Al/Cu–SiC, respectively. However, a de-wetting behavior was observed, reaching equilibrium contact angles of 58.3° and 45.5° for the couples. The dissolution reaction rate at the triple junction was so high that the spreading process was controlled by local diffusion rather than chemical reaction kinetics.

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The authors would like to thank NSERC (Canada) and CONACYT (Mexico) for financially supporting this research through various grants and scholarships.

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  1. Instituto de Investigaciones Metalúrgicas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Apdo. Postal 888, Morelia, Michoacán, 58000, Mexico

    C. A. León

  2. Metals and Materials Engineering, McGill University, M.H. Wong Building, 3610 University St., H3A 2B2, Montréal, QC, Canada

    G. Mendoza-Suarez & R A. L. Drew

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León, C.A., Mendoza-Suarez, G. & Drew, R.A.L. Wettability and spreading kinetics of molten aluminum on copper-coated ceramics. J Mater Sci 41, 5081–5087 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-006-0443-7

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