The chemical diffusion coefficient was obtained, under an O partial pressure of about 5 x 10-4atm, as a function of temperatures ranging from 700 to 900C (table 86). The results could be described by:

(cm2/s) = 1.62 x 10-4 exp[−5.140(kcal/mol)/RT]

Mass Transport in Cuprous Oxide. P.Ochin, G.Petot-Ervas, C.Petot: Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 1985, 46[6], 695-700

Table 86

Chemical Diffusion in Cu2O

 

Temperature (C)

Log[initialPO2(atm)]

Log[finalPO2(atm)]

D (cm2/s)

890

-6

-4

1.7 x 10-5

890

-6.18

-4

1.6 x 10-5

890

-6.21

-4

1.5 x 10-5

890

-6.23

-3.52

1.8 x 10-5

790

-6.62

-4.05

1.55 x 10-5

790

-6.66

-4.06

1.5 x 10-5

790

-6.72

-4.04

1.46 x 10-5

790

-6.74

-3.57

1.55 x 10-5

790

-6.75

-3.57

1.53 x 10-5

690

-6.31

-4.94

1.15 x 10-5

690

-6.51

-4.92

1.05 x 10-5

690

-6.80

-4.92

1.02 x 10-5

690

-6.83

-4.90

1.1 x 10-5