The migration of Cr in [1¯01]/[112] symmetrical body-centered cubic bi-crystals of Nb was investigated at temperatures ranging from 950 to 1197C (table 136). The tilt angles ranged from 2 to 21. When the tilt angle was less than 17, the activation energy was independent of the angle; with an average value of 181.2kJ/mol (table 137). This value was equal to about half of that for lattice diffusion. The grain boundary diffusion coefficients were greater, than the lattice diffusion coefficients, by 5 or 6 orders of magnitude. They also varied linearly as the sine of half of the tilt angle. This behavior was consistent with a dislocation-pipe model. These results were generally consistent with those for face-centered cubic bicrystals.

 

X.M.Li, Y.T.Chou: Philosophical Magazine A, 1996, 73[5], 1303-11

 

Table 136

Grain Boundary Diffusivity of Cu in [1¯01]/[112] Nb Bicrystals

as a Function of Temperature and Tilt Angle

 

Temperature (C)

Tilt Angle ()

sD (m3/s)

950

2

9.97 x 10-24

1197

2

2.02 x 10-22

950

5

1.15 x 10-23

1197

5

2.32 x 10-22

950

10

1.40 x 10-23

1197

10

2.76 x 10-22

950

13

1.56 x 10-23

1197

13

3.11 x 10-22

950

17

1.68 x 10-23

1197

17

3.34 x 10-22

950

21

1.61 x 10-23

1197

21

8.26 x 10-22

 

Table 137

Parameters for the Grain Boundary Diffusion

of Cr in [1¯01]/[112] Nb Bicrystals

 

Tilt Angle ()

Q (kJ/mol)

sD (m3/s)

2

182.8

5.88 x 10-16

5

179.3

5.33 x 10-16

8

179.7

5.76 x 10-16

10

179.1

6.56 x 10-16

13

182.8

9.87 x 10-16

17

183.3

1.12 x 10-15

21

226.3

6.63 x 10-14