A concept of generation and annihilation of vacancies at uniform sinks and sources for vacancies was incorporated into the standard Monte Carlo model for vacancy-mediated diffusion. This model enables to treat the vacancy wind as well as the deformation of the specimen and the shift of the Kirkendall plane. The Monte Carlo model was used for the testing of phenomenological theories of diffusion by Darken, Manning and Moleko. The agreement with the self-consistent Moleko theory was excellent. On the other hand the agreement with the classical Darken theory used very often for the explanation of the Kirkendall effect was rather poor.

Monte Carlo Simulation of Diffusion with Uniform Sinks and Sources for Vacancies. J.Ženíšek, J.Svoboda, F.D.Fischer: Defect and Diffusion Forum, 2005, 237-240[2], 1168-73