Materials Characterization, cilt.59, sa.8, ss.1101-1110, 2008 (SCI-Expanded)
A radial temperature gradient on the sample was established by heating from centre with a single heating wire and cooling the outside of sample at - 10 °C with a heating/refrigerating circulating bath containing an aqueous ethylene glycol solution. The equilibrated grain boundary groove shapes of solid In2Bi (In-33.2 at.% Bi) in equilibrium with In-Bi eutectic liquid (In-22 at.% Bi) were observed from quenched sample at 72 °C. Gibbs-Thomson coefficient and solid-liquid interfacial energy of solid In2Bi in equilibrium with In-Bi eutectic liquid have been determined to be (11.3 ± 0.6) × 10- 8 K m and (47.8 ± 4.8) × 10- 3 J m- 2 from the observed grain boundary groove shapes. The grain boundary energy of solid In2Bi phase has been calculated to be (92.8 ± 10.2) ×10- 3 J m- 2 by considering a force balance at the grain boundary grooves. The thermal conductivities of solid In solution (In-12.4 at.% Bi), solid In2Bi (In-33.2 at.% Bi ), the eutectic liquid phase (In-22 at.% Bi) and their ratio at 72 °C have also been measured with radial heat flow apparatus and Bridgman type growth apparatus. © 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.