Interdiffusion coefficients in the face-centered cubic  phase of this alloy system were determined under pressures of between 0.101 and 2800MPa, and temperatures ranging from 815 to 860C. It was found that the direct coefficients, DCuCuAl and DZnZnAl, were positive and the indirect coefficients, DCuZnAl and DZnCuAl, were negative. The diffusion coefficients decreased with increasing pressure (table 28), and the activation energies for interdiffusion and impurity diffusion increased with pressure. The ratio of the activation volume to the molar volume of Al was between 0.96 and 1.05. It was concluded that the diffusion of Cu and Zn in this alloy system occurred mainly via a mono-vacancy mechanism.

T.Takahashi, T.Yamane, T.Yamamoto, H.Araki, Y.Minamino, Y.Miyamoto: Zeitschrift für Metallkunde, 1994, 85[7], 492-7

 

 

 

Table 28

Interdiffusion in the Al-Cu-Zn System

as a Function of Temperature and Pressure

 

Pressure (MPa)

Temperature (K)

Coefficient

Value (m2/s)

0.101

815

DCuCuAl

1.4 x 10-13

0.101

830

DCuCuAl

2.0 x 10-13

0.101

845

DCuCuAl

2.8 x 10-13

0.101

860

DCuCuAl

4.0 x 10-13

0.101

815

DCuZnAl

-3.6 x 10-15

0.101

830

DCuZnAl

-2.1 x 10-15

0.101

845

DCuZnAl

6.8 x 10-15

0.101

860

DCuZnAl

-5.2 x 10-15

0.101

815

DZnCuAl

-8.0 x 10-14

0.101

830

DZnCuAl

-7.6 x 10-15

0.101

845

DZnCuAl

-2.5 x 10-13

0.101

860

DZnCuAl

5.6 x 10-13

0.101

815

DZnZnAl

4.2 x 10-13

0.101

830

DZnZnAl

5.9 x 10-13

0.101

845

DZnZnAl

7.6 x 10-13

0.101

860

DZnZnAl

1.2 x 10-12

2000

815

DCuCuAl

6.6 x 10-15

2000

830

DCuCuAl

9.6 x 10-15

2000

845

DCuCuAl

1.4 x 10-14

2000

860

DCuCuAl

2.0 x 10-14

2000

815

DCuZnAl

1.3 x 10-16

2000

830

DCuZnAl

1.7 x 10-15

2000

845

DCuZnAl

-2.0 x 10-15

2000

860

DCuZnAl

-2.7 x 10-15

2000

815

DZnCuAl

-9.8 x 10-16

2000

830

DZnCuAl

1.2 x 10-14

2000

845

DZnCuAl

1.3 x 10-14

2000

860

DZnCuAl

-1.4 x 10-14

2000

815

DZnZnAl

2.5 x 10-14

2000

830

DZnZnAl

3.5 x 10-14

2000

845

DZnZnAl

5.0 x 10-14

2000

860

DZnZnAl

7.5 x 10-14

2800

815

DCuCuAl

2.0 x 10-15

2800

830

DCuCuAl

3.1 x 10-15

2800

845

DCuCuAl

4.1 x 10-15

2800

860

DCuCuAl

6.7 x 10-15

2800

815

DCuZnAl

-1.7 x 10-17

2800

830

DCuZnAl

2.4 x 10-16

2800

845

DCuZnAl

-5.7 x 10-16

2800

860

DCuZnAl

-1.6 x 10-16

2800

815

DZnCuAl

-3.2 x 10-15

2800

830

DZnCuAl

8.6 x 10-15

2800

845

DZnCuAl

-2.8 x 10-15

2800

860

DZnCuAl

-7.5 x 10-15

2800

815

DZnZnAl

7.7 x 10-15

2800

830

DZnZnAl

1.2 x 10-14

2800

845

DZnZnAl

1.4 x 10-14

2800

860

DZnZnAl

2.7 x 10-14