Dependence of wetting on cavitation during the spreading of a filler droplet on the ultrasonically agitated Al substrate |
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Institution: | State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China |
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Abstract: | The cavitation characteristics during the spreading of a pure Sn liquid droplet subjected to ultrasonication were studied for the first time through high-speed photography to reveal the wetting mechanism. Ultrasonic vibration realized the spreading of Sn droplet on the nonwetting pure Al substrate. However, the oxide layer of the substrate at the spreading front is difficult to remove. The high-speed photography result shows that a noncavitation region consistently appears at the spreading front, because the acoustic pressure is below the cavitation threshold of 1.26 MPa. In particular, the width of the noncavitation region gradually increases as the size of the spreading area increases. Such a result accounts for the condition wherein the oxide layer at the spreading front is difficult to remove. Furthermore, the bubble density during spreading gradually decreases due to the decreased acoustic pressure of the thinned liquid. Finally, the bubble dynamics were calculated to verify the wetting mechanism. |
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Keywords: | Wetting Cavitation Spreading Acoustic pressure Bubble dynamics |
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