Study on Atomic Mobility and Molar Volume for FCC Fe-Co Phase

Abstract

The diffusion-couple experiments have been performed at 1273 K and 1423 K in order to verify and bias the controversial interdiffusion data in the literature. In the meantime, the literature data on the lattice parameter have been assessed to obtain the molar volume of fcc Fe-Co phase, which was in turn fed into the Sauer-Freise equation to retrieve the interdiffusion coefficients from the EPMA (Electron Probe Micro-Analysis) measured diffusion profiles. The reliable experimental data on the diffusion coefficients for fcc Fe-Co phase have finally been used to assess the atomic mobility. A general agreement has been reached between the calculated and experimentally measured data.