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Diffusion in Interstitial Alloys

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Interaction of Metals and Gases

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The diffusion of atoms plays an important part in many processes that can take place in solid metals and alloys. By diffusion we understand here the phenomenon where atoms move through the crystal lattice by jumping from one available site to another. For instance, in iron at room temperature an interstitial nitrogen atom jumps on average once every second from one interstice to another. On the other hand, the jump frequency of atoms that are substitutionally dissolved in a high-melting metal, as for instance the jump frequency of nickel atoms in iron, is negligibly small at room temperature. With rising temperature the rate of diffusion increases rapidly in all metals and alloys.

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Fast, J.D. (1971). Diffusion in Interstitial Alloys. In: Interaction of Metals and Gases. Philips Technical Library. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-00500-0_2

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