Exercise

An interdiffusion experiment is performed at 1054C for 300 hours with

pure copper and pure nickel as end members of a diffusion couple. The
concentration profile is measured as shown in the following figure.
Inert markers placed within the couple move 200m to the copperside
during the period of the diffusion annealing. Determine the intrinsic
diffusivities, DCu and DNi at 1054C for a concentration near the Matano
interface, x=0.
100

80
Concentration, C Cu [at.%]

slope, (dNCu/dx),
60
at CCu=71 at.%

40

20

0
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2
Distance, x [cm]
 Exercise
To determine the interdiffusion coefficient perform a Boltzmann–Matano analysis.
2
X
t
 k(
const.)
)
t
The corresponding marker speed is

u 

X 
t k

M

t 2 
Xt

Insert the proportionality constant

uM 

Xt
2t
 Exercise
Calculate um
Xt  200[m]
uM  
2t 2  (300)  (3600) s 
 9.3 10 5 [m / s].
Velocity of lattice drifting v = marker velocity Um

Insert the marker speed uM , D, and the local concentration gradient, dNCu /dx
  uM  9.3109[cm/s]   DCu  DNi  13.8[mol.frac./cm],
~ 1 C dx 1 C dx 1 C dx
D    xdC     xdC / C0     xdX 
2t C0 dC 2t C0 dC / C0 2t C0 dX
1
  (0.0106mol. frac cm)  0.072cm / mol. frac.  3.161010[cm2 /s]
2  300 3600s
~
D  X A DB  X B DA  0.71 DNi  0.29DCu  3.161010[cm2 /s]

9.310 [cm/s]   DCu  DNi  13.8[mol.frac./cm] (1)
9

0.71 DNi  0.29DCu  3.161010[cm2 /s] (2)


10
DNi  1.2110 [cm /s]
2

DCu  6.681010[cm2 /s]