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Theory of grain boundary diffusion induced by the Kirkendall effect

Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 091908 (2008); doi:10.1063/1.2978161

Published 5 September 2008

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Hui-Chia Yu, A. Van der Ven, and K. Thornton
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
A set of coupled diffusion equations is numerically solved to demonstrate that grain boundary diffusion is significantly enhanced when diffusing atomic species have dissimilar atomic hop frequencies in the bulk. The model is based on a rigorous treatment of two-component substitutional diffusion where vacancies are treated as an additional species. By examining the concentration fields and the eigenvalues of the diffusivity matrix, the origin of the enhanced grain boundary diffusion is explained in terms of the Kirkendall effect. ©2008 American Institute of Physics
History: Received 30 June 2008; accepted 15 August 2008; published 5 September 2008
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KEYWORDS and PACS

Keywords
PACS
  • 61.72.Mm
    Grain and twin boundaries
  • 66.30.Lw
    Diffusion of other defects in solids
  • 61.72.jd
    Vacancies (point defects)
  • 66.30.Ny
    Chemical interdiffusion in solids
  • YEAR: 2008

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