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Wetting and surface tension measurements on gold alloys

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The surface tension and the density of some gold alloys have been measured and their wetting behaviour investigated in relation to different ceramic supports. Relationships between surface tension and density as a function of temperature are proposed.

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  1. National Research Council (CNR) - Institute of Physical Chemistry of Materials, Via De Marini, 6, I - 16149, Genoa, (Italy)

    Enrica Ricci & Rada Novakovic

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Enrica Ricci is a researcher at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of Materials (ICFAM) Genoa of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR). Since 1987 she has been in charge of the research project: ‘Surface Properties of Liquid Metals and Alloys’. She is the author and co-author of more than 40 scientific papers.

Rada Novakovic has qualifications in materials science and thermodynamics. Her main research interests are mathematical modelling of physicochemical processes and thermodynamics. Since 1993 she has been working in Italy; from 1996 to the present at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of Materials (ICFAM) Genoa of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR).

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Ricci, E., Novakovic, R. Wetting and surface tension measurements on gold alloys. Gold Bull 34, 41–49 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03214811

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