Rutherford back-scattering spectroscopy and nuclear reaction analysis were used to measure the diffusion coefficients of O (table 139) below 1000C.

E.Sonder, J.R.Martinelli, R.A.Zuhr, R.A.Weeks: Crystal Lattice Defects and Amorphous Materials, 1987, 15[1-4], 277-82

 

Table 139

Diffusion of O in MgO

 

Temperature (C)

D (cm2/s)

845

2.90 x 10-20

895

1.70 x 10-19

974

2.40 x 10-19