Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Interdiffusion in the CaF/sub 2/--YF/sub 3/ system

Journal Article · · J. Am. Ceram. Soc.; (United States)
An electron microprobe interdiffusion study was made in single crystals between 1200 and 1331/sup 0/C over the solid-solution compositional range 0 to 20 mol percent YF/sub 3/ in CaF/sub 2/. At constant temperature, the value tilde D, the interdiffusion coefficient, increased approximately exponentially with increasing YF/sub 3/ content. As YF/sub 3/ content increased, the temperature dependence of tilde D decreased. Extrapolation of tilde D to 0 percent YF/sub 3/ combined with consideration of the defect formation mechanism at infinite dilution allowed estimation of the impurity diffusion coefficient for Y in essentially pure CaF/sub 2/.
Research Organization:
Ames Lab., IA
OSTI ID:
7195553
Journal Information:
J. Am. Ceram. Soc.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Am. Ceram. Soc.; (United States) Vol. 58:9-10; ISSN JACTA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English