Microstructural stability of the Kirkendall plane in solid-state diffusion.
In a diffusion-controlled interaction, the Kirkendall plane, as marked by inert particles placed at the original contact surface of a reaction couple, need not be unique. Multiple planes can develop, and sometimes the Kirkendall plane does not exist at all. A phenomenological approach is introduced to rationalize the Kirkendall-effect-mediated migration of macroscopic inclusions inside a diffusion zone.
van Dal
M J
MJ
Laboratory of Solid State and Materials Chemistry, Einghoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Gusak
A M
AM
Cserháti
C
C
Kodentsov
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van Loo
F J
FJ