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Influence of Segregation Effects on the Energies of Lead/Graphite and Gold/Graphite Interfaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Utpal Gangopadhyay
Affiliation:
Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Paul Wynblatt
Affiliation:
Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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Abstract

This paper reports the results of solid state wetting studies of graphite by Pb and Au alloyed with Ni. It is shown that additions of Ni ranging from 0 to 0.2 wt%Ni reduce the contact angle of Pb on graphite from 117 to 80°, and that a 5 wt% Ni addition to Au decreases the contact angle of Au on graphite from 131 to 123°. These contact angle changes are used to compute the interfacial energy at both Pb/graphite and Au/graphite interfaces. Direct evidence of Ni segregation at those interfaces is also obtained by crater edge profiling measurements. It is found that the enrichment factor of Ni is much larger in the Pb- than in the Au-based system. Also, for similar changes in interfacial energy, the effects of Ni segregation on contact angle are larger in the Pb- than in the Au-based system. These effects are discussed in terms of the relative surface and interfacial energies in the two systems.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1994

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