Thin-layer deposition, serial sectioning and radiotracer techniques were used to study the simultaneous diffusion of 115Cd and 203Hg into single crystals at 20C in the presence of γ-irradiation to a total dose of about 108rad. It was found that the diffusivity of Cd was 1.8 x 10-12cm2/s. It was estimated that, in the absence of irradiation, this diffusivity would have corresponded to a temperature of about 210C.

Acceleration of Cd and Hg Diffusion in HgTe under the Action of Gamma Irradiation. F.A.Zaitov, N.V.Alekseev, G.E.Popovyan: Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR – Neorganicheskie Materialy, 1971, 7[9], 1624