The grain boundary diffusivities of 48V in binary Fe-Cr alloys with 8 to 12wt%Cr (table 70), in a ternary Fe-8Cr-0.17wt%C alloy and in 2 modifications of 8%Cr ferritic steel were determined by using serial sectioning methods at temperatures ranging from 743 to 1103K. It was found that varying the Cr concentration from 8 to 12wt% did not affect the grain boundary diffusivity. The diffusivity of V in steels of commercial purity was about 4 times slower than in pure alloys.

J.Čermák, J.Ruzicková, A.Pokorná: Scripta Materialia, 1996, 34[3], 429-33

Table 70

Grain Boundary Diffusivity of V in Fe-Cr Alloys

 

Temperature (K)

Cr (wt%)

sD (m3/s)

1103

8.07

2.05 x 10-20

1103

10.18

9.04 x 10-21

1103

12.25

3.92 x 10-21

1043

8.07

5.00 x 10-22

1043

10.18

6.74 x 10-22

 

 

Table 70 (continued)

Grain Boundary Diffusivity of V in Fe-Cr Alloys

 

Temperature (K)

Cr (wt%)

sD (m3/s)

1043

12.25

4.57 x 10-22

983

8.07

5.94 x 10-22

983

10.18

5.86 x 10-22

983

12.25

2.39 x 10-22

983

8.03

2.01 x 10-22

923

8.07

2.64 x 10-23

923

10.18

1.51 x 10-23

923

12.25

5.99 x 10-24

923

8.03

3.30 x 10-23

923

8.36

9.87 x 10-24

923

8.50

6.77 x 10-24

863

8.07

1.61 x 10-24

863

10.18

3.51 x 10-24

863

12.25

1.21 x 10-24

863

8.03

3.53 x 10-24

863

8.36

4.52 x 10-25

863

8.50

8.64 x 10-25

803

8.07

7.47 x 10-26

803

10.18

1.45 x 10-25

803

12.25

7.89 x 10-26

803

8.03

1.14 x 10-25

803

8.36

6.82 x 10-26

803

8.50

3.93 x 10-26

743

8.07

3.37 x 10-26

743

10.18

2.96 x 10-26

743

12.25

1.07 x 10-26

743

8.36

2.59 x 10-26