4.3. WettabilityFig. 8 shows the contact angle of the water drop on the samplesurface is related to the three interfacial energies gSG (solid/gas), gSL(solid/liquid) and gLG (liquid/gas) which are in equilibriumfollowing the Young's equation The main parameters that affect the magnitude of the contactangle are the temperature, roughness, the chemical compositionand microstructure of the material surface. All samples weremeasured at 25 C and the roughness was Ra ¼ 0.038 ± 0.02 mm.Thus, as the temperature and surface roughness are the same for allthe samples, the contact angle can be correlated with the chemicalcomposition and microstructure characteristics. In Fig. 6 it isobserved a decrease in the contact angle as the a-Al grain sizedecreases (grain boundary area increases). As the grain boundarieshave high atomic disorder, they have higher surface energy thanthe ordered crystal structure. Then, it is reasonable that the surfaceenergy of an isotropic material increases when the grain size decreases, which leads to improve the wettability decreasing thecontact angle due to an increase in the interfacial energy.All meltspun samples showed a higher contact angle on the WS than onthe GS of the corresponding sample. This effect can be related withthe higher level of the a-Al crystallographic texture developed onthe WS during the solidification process. Moreover, the highercontact angle obtained for the 201-SR7 sample respect to the 201-SR1.5 can be also related with the higher crystallographic texture inthe SR7 sample than in the SR1.5. The change in the chemicalcomposition by the addition of 0.5 wt%Mn (20105 samples) appearsto compensate the effect of the crystallographic texture, whichleads to preserving a slight decreasing of the contact angle with thedecreasing of the a-Al grain size (Fig. 6).
4.3. WettabilityFig. 8 shows the contact angle of the water drop on the samplesurface is related to the three interfacial energies gSG (solid/gas), gSL(solid/liquid) and gLG (liquid/gas) which are in equilibriumfollowing the Young's equation The main parameters that affect the magnitude of the contactangle are the temperature, roughness, the chemical compositionand microstructure of the material surface. All samples weremeasured at 25 C and the roughness was Ra ¼ 0.038 ± 0.02 mm.Thus, as the temperature and surface roughness are the same for allthe samples, the contact angle can be correlated with the chemicalcomposition and microstructure characteristics. In Fig. 6 it isobserved a decrease in the contact angle as the a-Al grain sizedecreases (grain boundary area increases). As the grain boundarieshave high atomic disorder, they have higher surface energy thanthe ordered crystal structure. Then, it is reasonable that the surfaceenergy of an isotropic material increases when the grain size decreases, which leads to improve the wettability decreasing thecontact angle due to an increase in the interfacial energy.All meltspun samples showed a higher contact angle on the WS than onthe GS of the corresponding sample. This effect can be related withthe higher level of the a-Al crystallographic texture developed onthe WS during the solidification process. Moreover, the highercontact angle obtained for the 201-SR7 sample respect to the 201-SR1.5 can be also related with the higher crystallographic texture inthe SR7 sample than in the SR1.5. The change in the chemicalcomposition by the addition of 0.5 wt%Mn (20105 samples) appearsto compensate the effect of the crystallographic texture, whichleads to preserving a slight decreasing of the contact angle with thedecreasing of the a-Al grain size (Fig. 6).<br>
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