In order to obtain basic data on the case in which the surface of Cu-Zn electric contacts was heated at high temperature such as a boilling point by switching arc phenomenon, this study was done.
Rates of evaporation for Cu and Zn have been represented respectively as follows:
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where
WCu,
WZn are rates of evaporation in g/cm
2·sec, and
T is a temperature in °K.
On the other hand, an experimental curve of boilling points for Cu-Zn alloys has been reported as a function of Cu content in the Cu-Zn alloys.
In this paper, the following were investigated by the use of the above experimental curve of the boilling points and values of
WCu and
WZn calculated from the above formulas:
(1) Relation between temperature
T and evaporation rates
W of Zn which evaporates from the surface of Cu-Zn alloys heated over the temperature range of 1000 to 2000°K was obtained by a new method of illustration.
(2) Next, the curves of evaporation rates
W vs. temperature
T illustrated by the new method were compared with the curves observed by R. Hargreaves. The copper contents in the Cu-Zn alloys used in comparison are 47.6, 73.9 and 94.6 wt%.
As the results of comparison, both curves are in good agrement at the range less than about 0.5 g/cm
2·sec in the evaporation rates (corresponding to about 17 mmHg in vapor pressure).
(3) Moreover, curves of evaporation energy ε vs. temperature
T for the Cu-Zn alloys with various copper contents were illustrated by the use of a relation ε=
L×
W and a latent heat of evaporation
L corresponding to the Cu content in the Cu-Zn alloys. (However, it was assumed that
L is not concerned in
T.)
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