Microstructural stability of the Kirkendall plane in solid-state diffusion

M J van Dal; A M Gusak; C Cserháti; A A Kodentsov; F J van Loo

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.3352

Microstructural stability of the Kirkendall plane in solid-state diffusion

Phys Rev Lett. 2001 Apr 9;86(15):3352-5. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.3352.

Authors

M J van Dal¹, A M Gusak, C Cserháti, A A Kodentsov, F J van Loo

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Solid State and Materials Chemistry, Einghoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

PMID: 11327968
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.3352

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.