The segregating nature of Cd–Pb liquid binary alloys

Abstract

The segregating nature of Cd–Pb liquid alloys has been reported using simple statistical theory of mixing. The energetics of mixing in liquid binary alloys has been analysed through the study of surface properties (surface tension and surface concentration), transport properties (viscosity and chemical diffusion) and various thermodynamic and structural functions. Positive deviation from Raoultian behaviour has been observed in the computed mixing parameters of the alloys. Our results are in good agreement with experimental data and support a weak demixing tendency in Cd–Pb liquid alloys.