Reaction diffusion rate coefficient derivation by isothermal heat treatment in spark plasma sintering system

Authors/Creators

C. Yang
D. G. Mo
H. Z. Lu
X. Q. Li
W. W. Zhang
Z. Q. Fu
Laichang Zhang, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
E. J. Lavernia

Abstract

In spark plasma sintering (SPS) it is widely acknowledged that there are specific physicochemical mechanisms associated with atomic diffusion; however, a reaction diffusion rate coefficient K has yet to be determined. In this work, we derive the K of titanium-copper diffusion couples using isothermal heat treatment of pulsed electric current (PEC), generated in SPS system. Our results show that the derived K for CuTi and Cu₄Ti is at least two times higher than the corresponding ones determined under conventional annealing. Accordingly, this work substantiates, for the first time, the argument that PEC accelerates atomic diffusion compared with conventional annealing.

RAS ID

23997

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

2017

School

School of Engineering

Copyright

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Publisher

Elsevier

Comments

Yang, C., Mo, D. G., Lu, H. Z., Li, X. Q., Zhang, W. W., Fu, Z. Q., . . . Lavernia, E. J. (2017). Reaction diffusion rate coefficient derivation by isothermal heat treatment in spark plasma sintering system. Scripta Materialia, 134, 91-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2017.03.005