Viscosity of liquid boron

Junpei T. Okada, Takehiko Ishikawa, Yuki Watanabe, Paul François Paradis, Yasuhiro Watanabe, Kaoru Kimura

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Abstract

Viscosity of liquid boron was measured over the temperature range from 2325 to 2556 K using an electrostatic levitation method combined with an oscillation drop technique. The results obtained revealed that the viscosity increases slowly with decreasing temperature from 2.2 mPas at 2550 K to 2.6 mPas at 2370 K, and substantially increases with further decrease in temperature below the melting temperature (Tm =2360 K), becoming as large as 6.4 mPas at 2325 K. The increase in the viscosity suggests that clusters with extension may appear in supercooled liquid of boron.

Original languageEnglish
Article number140201
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume81
Issue number14
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010 Apr 19

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