The diffusion of Hf in the α-phase was studied, at 823 to 1023K, by applying Rutherford back-scattering spectrometry to 15nm-thick films which had been deposited onto α-Ti samples. The results showed that the diffusion coefficients (table 277) exhibited a non-regular Arrhenius behavior. The latter, which was also seen in α-Zr, was explained in terms of intrinsic and extrinsic diffusion mechanisms.

M.Behar, F.Dyment, R.A.Perez, H.R.Dos Santos, R.L.Maltez, E.J.Savino: Philosophical Magazine A, 1991, 63[5], 967-72

 

Table 277

Diffusivity of Hf in α-Ti

 

Temperature (K)

D (m2/s)

823

1.2 x 10-22

873

1.7 x 10-21

923

1.5 x 10-20

973

1.1 x 10-19

1023

3.2 x 10-19