Table 2 Thermophysical properties of the alloy and Ar

Metal density (kg·m⁻³)

4480

Solidus temperature (K)

1844

Liquidus temperature (K)

1968

Evaporation temperature (K)

3494

β-Tranus (K)

1288

The viscosity of liquid metal (Pa·s)

4 × 10⁻³

Temperature coefficient of surface tension (N·m¹·K⁻¹)

−2.6 × 10⁻⁴

Latent heat of evaporation (J·kg⁻¹)

9.8 × 10⁶

Latent heat of fusion (J·kg⁻¹)

2.86 × 10⁵

Gas constant (J·kg⁻¹·mol⁻¹)

8.314

Stefan-Boltzmann (W·m⁻²·K⁻⁴)

5.67 × 10⁻⁸

Thermal conductivity of Ar (W·m⁻¹·K⁻¹)

1.772 × 10⁻²

Viscosity of Ar (Pa·s)

2.2 × 10⁻⁵

Specific heat of Ar (J·kg⁻¹·K⁻¹)

521.75