AresearchonkineticsofAlevaporationfromliquidU—Alalloyswasmadeinavacuuminductionmelting（VIM）furnaceat1673—1843K.TheevaporationrateofAlwasfoundtobefirstorderwithrespecttoAlcontentinthemelt.TheoverallmasstransfercoefficientofAlwasdeterminedanditwasfoundthattheevaporationrateofAlincreasedwithincreasingtemperatures.TheapparentactivationenergyofAlevaporationat1673-1843Kwas171.5kJmol-1.ThevalueofmasstransfercoefficientofAlintheliquidphasewasestimatedtobe3.77×10-6,7.41×10-6,and9.40×10-6ms-1at1673,1753,and1843K,respectively.Meanwhile,ratedeterminingstepswerediscussedanditwasconcludedthattheevaporationrateofAlismainlycontrolledbyliquidphasemasstransfer.
