A modified Gruzin residual activity technique was used to study the diffusion of 59Fe in Fe-Si single crystals, with 5.5 to 19.2at%Si, at 1013 to 1373K. It was found that the diffusion parameters decreased with increasing Si content (table 190), and reached a minimum at close to 11at%Si.

B.Million: Czechoslovak Journal of Physics B, 1977, 27[8], 928-34

 

Table 190

Diffusion of 59Fe in Fe-Si Alloys

 

Temperature (K)

Si (at%)

D (cm2/s)

1013

5.5

6.99 x 10-13

1013

6.4

1.04 x 10-12

1033

5.5

1.84 x 10-12

1033

6.4

3.25 x 10-12

1053

5.5

6.36 x 10-12

1053

6.4

6.05 x 10-12

1053

7.8

5.38 x 10-12

1053

11.6

1.64 x 10-11

1093

5.5

5.42 x 10-12

1093

6.4

2.52 x 10-11

1093

7.8

2.15 x 10-11

1093

11.6

4.35 x 10-11

1133

5.5

1.64 x 10-11

1133

6.4

3.85 x 10-11

1133

7.8

4.16 x 10-11

1133

11.6

1.45 x 10-10

1133

15.3

1.58 x 10-10

1133

19.2

3.45 x 10-10

1173

5.5

9.56 x 10-11

1173

6.4

5.80 x 10-11

1173

7.8

8.34 x 10-11

1173

11.6

2.30 x 10-10

1173

15.3

4.05 x 10-10

1173

19.2

9.83 x 10-10

continued

Table 190 (continued)

Diffusion of 59Fe in Fe-Si Alloys

 

Temperature (K)

Si (at%)

D (cm2/s)

1223

5.5

9.48 x 10-11

1223

6.4

1.85 x 10-10

1223

7.8

2.95 x 10-10

1223

11.6

4.66 x 10-10

1223

15.3

8.63 x 10-10

1223

19.2

2.52 x 10-9

1273

5.5

4.81 x 10-10

1273

6.4

4.40 x 10-10

1273

7.8

6.64 x 10-10

1273

11.6

1.26 x 10-9

1273

15.3

1.65 x 10-9

1273

19.2

5.27 x 10-9

1323

5.5

7.70 x 10-10

1323

6.4

1.13 x 10-9

1323

7.8

1.96 x 10-9

1323

11.6

1.83 x 10-9

1323

15.3

5.00 x 10-9

1323

19.2

1.11 x 10-8

1373

5.5

2.60 x 10-9

1373

6.4

5.78 x 10-9

1373

7.8

5.23 x 10-9

1373

11.6

1.03 x 10-8

1373

15.3

1.15 x 10-8

1373

19.2

1.79 x 10-8