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Thermophysical properties of Cu-based industrial alloys in the liquid phase
Enrica Ricci, Livio Battezzati, Rob Brooks, Lindsay A. Chapman, Hans J. Fecht, Donatella Giuranno, Rada Novakovic, Seshadri Seetharaman, Daniela Voss and Rainer Wunderlich

The thermophysical properties of Cu-based industrial alloys in the liquid phase have been determined in the framework of ThermoLab project. Four commercial copper alloys provided by one member of the industrial user group, Cu-Sn-X (X=P; Ti), Cu-Ni-Si and Cu-Ni-Si-Mg have been investigated by different European laboratories. The results of the ground based experimental program concerning classical high-temperature calorimetry, thermal diffusivity, density, surface tension and viscosity measurements were critically compared in order to improve the reliability of data and to identify, when possible, recommended values.

Keywords: Cu-based alloys, Liquid metal, Thermophysical properties, Thermodynamic properties, Measurements at high temperature, Modelling.

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