Effect of surface micro-texture morphology on the wettability of aluminum alloy on B4C surface

Abstract

Abstract To enhance the wettability of AlSi10Mg on the B4C surface, a 2D laminar two-phase flow, phase-field coupled multi-field model is utilized to investigate the effect of surface micro-texture morphology on the wettability of AlSi10Mg on B4C surfaces and optimize the morphology of the micro-texture with the best improvement of the interfacial wetting effect. The results of the study show that compared to the square texture, the conical texture has a better effect on the improvement of the wettability of the interface. The best wettability of AlSi10Mg on the B4C surface was obtained at a 1:1 depth-to-width ratio of the conical texture, and the contact angle of the Al droplet is 47.9, which is improved by 21.22% compared to that of the smooth interface. The interfacial wetting state is transformed from the Wenzel state to the Cassie state with the increasing depth-to-width ratio of the textures, and the wettability of the interface deteriorates.