On the mechanism of chemical diffusion in solids and its application to oxidation

Autor: V. N. Bogoslovskii, N. M. Stafeeva, N. A. Balanaeva, V. I. Arkharov
Rok vydání: 1971
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Zdroj: Oxidation of Metals. 3:251-259
ISSN: 1573-4889
0030-770X
DOI: 10.1007/bf00603525
Popis: The participation of crystal lattice atoms in an elementary act of chemical diffusion may have a collective nature. This involves a consecutive elastic translation of activated complexes, the distorted regions possessing more mobility than an equivalent quantity of point defects. Thermodynamic analysis shows that participation of an activated complex occurs during chemical diffusion. This model is applied to the kinetics of the oxidation of metals. The apparent activation energy of the process is considerably lower in this case than in the case of self-diffusion in the lattice. It is shown that there exists a limiting thickness of the scale above which further growth occurs at the cost of point defect motion with a lower rate.
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