Material-specific properties of liquid metals

It is difficult to measure the electrical resistivity and specific heat of liquid metals and alloys due to contamination by containers. However, using containerless processing such as electromagnetic levitation (EML) in the microgravity environment on the International Space Station, it is possible. Presented here are the experimental methods for measuring electrical resistivity and specific heat of equilibrium and supercooled liquid alloys. Additionally, the resistivity data of liquid CuZr and ZrNi gives the first concrete proof of the link between structure and dynamics in liquid alloys.