title: Microstructural stability of the Kirkendall plane in solid-state diffusion.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Solid State and Materials Chemistry, Einghoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: van Dal
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Gusak
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cserháti
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Kodentsov
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: van Loo