Abstract
The mechanism of diffusion proposed by Rice is reconsidered with the aid of an extension of Kac's theorem. The analysis yields an activation energy which, as predicted by Zener, is simply related to the minimal local deformation energy. It is also found that in contrast with Rice's treatment, the activation energy may be calculated directly from the atomic force constants without resorting to normal mode analysis.
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