In situ observation of oxidation of liquid droplets of tin and melting behavior of a tin particle covered with a tin oxide layer

✍ Scribed by Takayuki Mima; Hironori Takeuchi; Shigeo Arai; Keisuke Kishita; Kotaro Kuroda; Hiroyasu Saka

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 569 KB
• Volume: 72
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1059-910X
• DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20675

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Oxidation of a liquid droplet of tin (Sn) was observed using an in situ specimen heating holder in an oxygen environment. The surface of the Sn liquid droplet was covered with a tin oxide layer, Sn~3~O~4~, the thickness of which depended on the oxygen pressure and temperature. Subsequent cooling of the droplet resulted in the formation of a solid Sn particle covered with a Sn~3~O~4~ layer. The solid Sn particle was then heated above the melting temperature of Sn, and the melting behavior of Sn was observed. Microsc. Res. Tech., 2009. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.