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Diffusion along (001) tilt boundaries in the Au/Ag system--I. Experimental results

Journal Article · · Acta Metallurgica et Materialia; (United States)
 [1];  [2]
  1. Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Physics
  2. Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering

The parameter, [delta][sub b]D[sup Ag][sub b], for the chemical diffusion of Ag along the tilt axes of a series of (001) symmetric tilt boundaries in the Au/Ag system, was measured as a function of temperature and tilt angle at relatively low temperatures. (D[sup Ag][sub b] = boundary diffusivity; [delta][sub b] = boundary thickness.) Sixteen boundaries were studied using a newly developed surface accumulation method. [delta][sub b]D[sup Ag][sub b] was found to vary quite smoothly with tilt angle (i.e. no sharp minima or cusps at low-[Sigma] misorientations were observed) in a manner consistent with the structural unit model. The activation energies were found to be smooth functions of the tilt angle and to lie in the range 0.70-0.85eV. The pre-exponential factors in the Arrhenius expression for [delta][sub b]D[sub b] were [approximately]3 orders of magnitude smaller than many of those reported in the literature for diffusion at higher temperatures.

DOE Contract Number:
FG02-87ER45310
OSTI ID:
6272525
Journal Information:
Acta Metallurgica et Materialia; (United States), Journal Name: Acta Metallurgica et Materialia; (United States) Vol. 41:1; ISSN 0956-7151; ISSN AMATEB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English