The adiabatic velocity of ultrasound in molten Bi-Cu alloys was measured at various concentrations and temperatures. For the alloys with concentrations between 40 and 80 a/0 Cu the u{T)-curves consist of two linear regions with a transition region. Within the concentration range mentioned AujAT and the compressibility show respectively positive and negative deviations from linearity. The deviations can be detected at temperatures up to 1200 C. The total structure factors /(O) for Bi and Cu as well as the partial structure factors a/;(0) were obtained. aCuCu(O) shows rather high values, indicating the existence of inhomogeneities containing mainly Cu-atoms. The slope of AN j' [which is a linear combination of the a/j(0)] versus concentration is negative. From this fact follows that segregation must exist in these melts. This also follows from the rather large density fluctuations given by the partial factors Scc(O) obtained in this work.
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