Measurements of the diffusion of 110mAg in alloys containing up to 4.5at%Sn were performed at 618 to 654K. Serial sectioning was carried out by means of ion-beam sputtering. It was found that a marked non-linear enhancement of the solvent diffusion occurred as a result of alloying (table 20).

D.Hentrich, F.Paupel, T.Hehenkamp: Philosophical Magazine A, 1992, 65[1], 207-14

 

Table 19

Diffusivities of Pb in Ag-Pb Alloys, Deduced

from Surface Segregation Measurements

 

Surface

Temperature (C)

Pb(at%)

D (cm2/s)

111

260

0.50

2.0 x 10-16

111

291

0.50

1.6 x 10-15

111

302

0.50

2.3 x 10-15

111

292

0.22

1.2 x 10-15

111

314

0.50

6.5 x 10-15

¯135

314

0.25

5.1 x 10-15