Abstract
Dissolution of the cellular precipitate by cell boundary migration has been studied in a Cu-2 at.% Cd alloy in the temperature range 777–878 K. Microstructural observations have revealed that the process of dissolution begins at the original position of the grain boundary as well as the cell boundary. The steady state rate of cell boundary migration decreased with decreasing temperature of dissolution and became zero at approximately 770 K, which is about 30 K below the equilibrium solvus temperature. The boundary diffusivities were determined at a number of temperatures by using the theory of Petermann and Hornbogen modified for dissolution. The diffusivity values calculated from the experimental data are seven orders of magnitude higher than the corresponding volume diffusivities. From the temperature dependence of the diffusivity, an activation energy of 157 kJ mol −1 is obtained, which is about three-quarters of the activation energy for the bulk diffusion of Cd into Cu. From the diffusivity and activation energy values, it can be concluded that the diffusion of Cd along the migrating grain boundaries control the dissolution of the cellular precipitate in this alloy.
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