Composition-dependent interdiffusivity matrices in face centered cubic Ni–Al–X (X = Rh and W) alloys at 1423, 1473 and 1523 K: A high-throughput experimental measurement

Abstract

Based on 18 face centered cubic (fcc) single-phase diffusion couples in ternary Ni–Al–X (X = Rh and W) systems together with the recently developed numerical inverse method, high-throughput measurements of the composition-dependent interdiffusivity matrices in fcc Ni–Al–X (X = Rh and W) alloys at 1423, 1473 and 1523K were performed in the present work. Their reliability was comprehensively validated through comparison between the model-predicted composition/interdiffusion flux profiles for each diffusion couple and the corresponding experimental data. Moreover, the direct comparison with the interdiffusivities evaluated from traditional Matano-Kirkaldy method as well as those from the literature and in the boundary binary systems was also made. The errors for the determined interdiffusivities were evaluated by a scientific method considering the error propagation. The three-dimensional main interdiffusivity planes for fcc Ni–Al–X (X = Rh and W) systems over the investigated concentration ranges at 1423, 1473 and 1523K were subsequently constructed. It was then found that D˜AlAlNi is generally larger than D˜RhRhNi, while D˜WWNi is the smallest.