By using radio-tracer techniques, the diffusion of T in 3N-purity material at temperatures of 303 to 473K was found to be given by:

D (cm2/s) = 1.73 x 10-8 exp[-4.94(kJ/mol)/RT]

When electric fields of up to -0.05V/cm were applied, the effective charge on T was deduced to be 2.05e.

B.Rozenfeld, R.Pietrzak, B.Paszkiewicz, S.Sawicka: Nukleonika, 1973, 18[10], 439-46

 

Table 340

Diffusion of Hf in α-Zr

 

Temperature (K)

Direction

D (m2/s)

1095

||

5.7 x 10-18

1095

3.7 x 10-18

1096

||

4.5 x 10-19

1096

||

5.7 x 10-19

1096

2.0 x 10-18

1096

1.2 x 10-18