Papers by Author: F.J.J. van Loo

Abstract: A diffusion-controlled growth of intermetallic phases and the role of the Kirkendall effect in morphological evolution of the product phase layers can be described in terms of an alternative theory considering chemical reactions at the interphase interfaces. Application of this “physicochemical” treatment to diffusional growth of intermediate phases with fairly wide homogeneity ranges is illustrated by the example of interaction in the Ag-Zn system. The model is purely phenomenological, and its use is convenient, since no explicit assumption of the underlying diffusion mechanism is required.

Abstract: Formation of diffusion zone morphologies periodic in time and space during metalceramic reactions is considered as a manifestation of the Kirkendall effect. In a diffusion-controlled interaction, the Kirkendall marker plane can bifurcate, which is attributed to diverging vacancies fluxes in the reaction zone. When the Kirkendall plane is present in a phase layer, it attracts in situproduced inclusions of “secondary-formed phase”, which, in turn, can result in a highly patterned microstructure.