Solid solutions under irradiation. III. Further comments on the computed solubility limit

Abstract

An error has been detected in one of the papers used as an ingredient for our model of irradiation-induced decrease of solubility. Correcting this error does not affect the conclusions of our previous work. The quantitative agreement between theory and experimental data in the AlZn system can still be achieved with the use of a new set of parameter values for describing solute diffusion by a dumbbell mechanism. The model accounts well for the observation of homogeneous irradiation-induced precipitation in AlZn, AlAg, and possibly AlSi, and for the absence of this effect in AlGe and AlMg.