Phosphorus interdiffusivity inα-Fe binary and alloy systems

Autor: William R. Graham, Gregory Luckman, Richard A. Didio
Rok vydání: 1981
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Zdroj: Metallurgical Transactions A. 12:253-259
ISSN: 2379-0180
0360-2133
DOI: 10.1007/bf02655198
Popis: The isothermal segregation kinetics of phosphorus to Fe and Fe-based alloy surfaces have been monitored from 783 to 923 K using Auger electron spectroscopy. The P segregation kinetics are consistent with a model which assumes bulk diffusion of P to be the rate controlling mechanism in the segregation process. The activation energy and preexponential for P diffusion in Fe calculated from the diffusion data are 314 ± 30 kJ · mol−1 and 8 × 105 cm2s in the temperature range studied. Similar results are found for the carbon free Fe-based alloys studied. Phosphorus segregation kinetics for a carbon containing alloy are more rapid, with evidence of a dependence on carbon concentration. The activation energy and pre-exponential calculated in this study for carbon-free alloys are considerably higher than published values measured at higher temperatures by conventional techniques. It is pointed out that an increase in activation energy with decreasing temperature is consistent with observations in several studies of Fe and other ferromagnetic alloys of an increase in activation energy for diffusion below the ferromagnetic transition temperature.
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