Wettability at High Temperatures

Chapter headings and selected sub-headings: Series Preface. Preface. Fundamental Equations of Wetting. Surface and interfacial energies in solid / liquid / vapour systems. Dynamics of Wetting by Metals and Glasses. Non-reactive wetting. Reactive wetting. Methods of Measuring Wettability Parameters. Sessile drop experiments. Surface Energies. Data for metals and alloys. Data for non-metallic compounds. Wetting Properties of Metal / Metal Systems. Effects of alloying elements. Systems that form intermetallic compounds. Wetting Properties of Metal / Oxide Systems. Non-reactive pure metal / ionocovalent oxide systems. Effect of electronic structure of the oxide. Wetting of fluorides. Wetting Properties of Metal / Non-Oxide Ceramic Systems. Metals on predominantly covalent ceramics. Wetting Properties of Metal / Carbon Systems. Non-reactive systems. Reactive systems. Wetting by Glasses and Salts. The glassy state. Wetting behaviour. Wetting When Joining. Flow into capillary gaps. Effects on mechanical properties. Appendices. List of symbols. Index