Adhesion interaction on melt extraction from pendant drop

A technique of pendant drop melt extraction (PDME) is reported and certain results describing thin stainless steel fibers obtained by means of PDME were studied. Adhesion interaction between metal melt and disc-crystallizer was also considered. The adhesion work was established to be approximately 1–2 J/m2. It was shown that melt adhesion to the disc-crystallizer is determined both by physical interaction and chemical processes in contact region.