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8.2 Pressure Dependence 139 vation volumes are considered as evidence (among others) for self-interstitial mediated diffusion in silicon (see [6, 15] and Chap. 23). 8.2.2 Activation Volumes of Solute Diffusion For diffusion of interstitial solutes no defect formation term is required. Then, from Eqs. (8.11) and (8.24) the activation volume is ∆V = V M , (8.35) where V M is the migration volume of the interstitial solute. As already men- tioned, ‘small’ atoms such as C, N, and O in metals diffuse by this mechanism. The effect of pressure was studied for C and N in α-Fe, for C in Co and for C in Ni and for N and O diffusion in V (for references see Chap. 10 in [1]). Interstitial diffusion is characterised by small values of the activation volume. For example, for C and N diffusion in α-iron small values between -0.08 and +0.05 Ω were reported (see Table 8.1). This implies that interstitial diffusion is only very weakly pressure dependent. Diffusion of substitutional impurities is mediated by vacancies. Ac- cording to Sect. 8.1 the diffusivity can be written as D 2 = ga 2 ν 0 exp  − G F 1V − G B k B T  exp  − H M 2 k B T  f 2 , (8.36) where G B is the Gibbs ebergy of binding between solute and vacancy. H M 2 denotes the activation enthalpy for defect-impurity exchange and f 2 the corre- lation factor of impurity diffusion. Using Eq. (8.24), we get for the activation volume of solute diffusion: ∆V 2 = V F 1V − V B + V M 2 −k B T ∂ ln f 2 ∂p    C 2 . (8.37) The term V F 1V −V B represents the formation volume of the impurity-vacancy pair. It is different from the formation volume of the vacancy in the pure sol- vent due to the volume change V B associated with pair formation. V M 2 is the migration volume of the vacancy-solute exchange, which in general is different from the migration volume V M 1V of the vacancy in the pure matrix. Finally, the term C 2 arises from the pressure dependence of the solute cor- relation factor. V M 2 + C 2 can be interpreted as the migration volume of the solute-vacancy complex. The activation volumes for various solutes in aluminium listed in Ta- ble 8.1 show a considerable variation. As we shall see in Chap. 19, transition metal solutes are slow diffusers, whereas non-transition elements are normal diffusers in Al. Self-diffusion in Al has been attributed to the simultaneous action of mono- and divacancies and a similar interpretation is tenable for the 140 8 Dependence of Diffusion on Temperature and Pressure diffusion of non-transition elements such as Zn and Ge. On the other hand, transition elements in Al have high activation enthalpies and entropies of diffusion, which can be attributed to a repulsive interaction between vacancy and solute (see Chapt 19). The high activation volumes for the transition met- als diffusers Mn and Co indicate large formation and/or migration volumes of the solute-vacancy complex [6]. 8.2.3 Activation Volumes of Ionic Crystals The pressure dependence of the ionic conductivity has been studied in sev- eral alkali halide crystals (KCl, NaCl, NaBr, KBr) with Schottky disorder by Yoon and Lazarus [22]. These crystals consist of sublattices of cations (index C) and anions (index A). In the intrinsic region, i.e. at high temper- atures, cation and anion vacancies, V C and V A , are simultaneously present in equal numbers (Schottky pairs). In the extrinsic region of crystals, doped with divalent cations, additional vacancies in the cation sublattice are formed to maintain charge neutrality (see Chaps. 5 and 26): (i) In the intrinsic region the conductivity is due to Schottky pairs. The formation volume of Schottky pairs is V F SP = V F V C + V F V A , (8.38) where V F V C and V F V A denote the formation volumes of cation and anion vacancies, respectively. The following values for the formation volume of Schottky pairs have been reported [22] in units cm 3 mol −1 : V F SP :61±9 for KCl, 55 ± 9 for NaCl, 54 ±9 for KBr, 44 for NaBr. (ii) In the extrinsic region the conductivity is dominated by the motion of cation vacancies because anion vacancies are less mobile. Thus, from the pressure dependence of the conductivity one obtains the migration volume of the cation vacancy, V M V C . The following values have been re- ported [22]: V M V C :8 ±1 for KCl, 11 ± 1 for NaCl, 11 ±1forKBr,8± 1forNaBr. Due to the higher mobility of cation vacancies the activation volume of the ionic conductivity in the intrinsic region, ∆V σ , is practically given by ∆V σ = V F SP /2+V M V C . (8.39) In principle, anion vacancies also contribute to the conductivity (see Chap. 26). However, as the anion component of the total conductivity is usually small this contribution has been neglected in Eq. (8.39). A comparison between activation volumes in metals and ionic crystals with Schottky disorder may be useful. In units of the molar volumes of the crystals, V m , the activation volumes of the ionic conductivity in the intrinsic region are: 8.3 Correlations between Diffusion and Bulk Properties 141 ∆V σ :1.03 V m for KCl, 1.28 V m for NaCl, 1.23 V m for KBr, 1.37 V m for NaBr. The activation volumes for intrinsic ionic conduction, which is due to the motion of vacancies, are of the order of one molar volume. These values are similar to activation volumes of self-diffusion in close-packed metals, where the activation volume is also an appreciable fraction of the atomic volume of the material (see above). In contrast, the migration volumes of cation vacancies are smaller: V M V C :0.21 V m for KCl, 0.26 V m for NaCl, 0.25 V m for KBr, 0.25 V m for NaBr. These values indicate a further similarity between metals and ionic crystals. In both cases, the migration volumes of vacancies are only a small fraction of the atomic (molar) volume. The α-phase of silver iodide is a typical example of a fast ion conductor (see Chap. 27). The immobile I − ions form a body-centered cubic sublattice, while no definite sites can be assigned to the Ag + ions. In the cubic unit cell 42 sites are available for only two Ag + ions. Because of these structural features, Ag + ions are easily mobile and no intrinsic defect is needed to promote their migration. The pressure dependence of the dc conductivity in α-AgI was studied up to 0.9 GPa by Mellander [23]. The activation volume is 0.8 to 0.9 cm 3 mol −1 . This very low value can be attributed to the migration of Ag + ions, confirming the view that migration volumes are small. 8.3 Correlations between Diffusion and Bulk Properties Thermodynamic properties of solids such as melting points, heats of melting, and elastic moduli reflect different aspects of the lattice stability. It is thus not surprising that the diffusion behaviour correlates with thermodynamic properties. Despite these correlations, diffusion remains a kinetic property and cannot be based solely on thermodynamic considerations. In this sec- tion, we survey some correlations between self-diffusion parameters and bulk properties of the material. These relationships, which can be qualified as ‘en- lightened empirical guesses’, have contributed significantly to the growth of the field of solid-state diffusion. The most important developments in this area were: (i) the establishment of correlations between diffusion and melting parameters and (ii) Zener’s hypothesis to relate the diffusion entropy with the temperature dependence of elastic constants. These old and useful corre- lations have been re-examined by Brown and Ashby [24] and by Tiwari et al. [25]. 8.3.1 Melting Properties and Diffusion Diffusivities at the Melting Point: The observation that the self-diffusi- vity of solids at the melting point, D(T m ), roughly equals a constant is an old 142 8 Dependence of Diffusion on Temperature and Pressure one, dating back to the work of van Liempt from 1935 [27]. But it was not until the mid 1950s that enough data of sufficient precision were available to recognise that D(T m ) is only a constant for a given structure and for a given type of bonding: the bcc structure, the close-packed structures fcc and hdp, and the diamond structured elements all differ significantly. As data became better, additional refinements were added: the bcc metals were subdivided into two groups each with characteristic values of D(T m ) [26]; also alkali halides were seen to have a characteristic value of D(T m ) [31]. Figure 8.7 shows a comparison of self-diffusion coefficients extrapolated to the melting point for various classes of crystalline solids according to Brown and Ashby [24]. The width of the bar is either twice the standard deviation of the geometric mean, or a factor of four, whichever is greater. Data for the solidus diffusivities of bcc and fcc alloys coincide with the range shown for pure metals. It is remarkable that D(T m ) varies over about 6 orders of magnitude, being very small for semiconductors and fairly large for bcc metals. At the melting temperature T m according to Eq. (8.6) the self-diffusivity is given by D(T m )=D 0 exp  − ∆H k B T m  = gfa 2 ν 0 exp  ∆S k B  exp  − ∆H k B T m  . (8.40) The constancy of the diffusivity at the melting point reflects the fact that for a given crystal structure and bond type the quantities D 0 and ∆H/(k B T m ) are roughly constant: Fig. 8.7. Self-diffusivities at the melting point, D(T m ), for various classes of crys- talline solids according to Brown and Ashby [24] 8.3 Correlations between Diffusion and Bulk Properties 143 The pre-exponential factor D 0 is indeed almost a constant. According to Eq. (8.5) it contains the attempt frequency ν 0 , the lattice parameter a, geometric and correlation factors, and the diffusion entropy ∆S. Attempt frequencies are typically of the order of the Debye frequency, which lies in the range of 10 12 to 10 13 s −1 for practically all solids. The diffusion entropy is typically of the order of a few k B . Correlation factors and geometric terms are not grossly different from unity. The physical arguments for a constancy of the ratio ∆H/(k B T m )are less clearcut. One helpful line of reasoning is to note that the formation of a vacancy, like the process of sublimation, involves breaking half the bonds that link an atom in the interior of the crystal to its neighbours; the enthalpy required to do so should scale as the heat of sublimation, H s . The migration of a vacancy involves a temporary loss of positional order – it is somehow like local melting – and involves an energy that scales as the heat of melting (fusion), H m . One therefore may expect ∆H k B T m ≈ α H s k B T m + β H m k B T m , (8.41) where α and β are constants. The first term on the right-hand side contains the sublimation entropy at the melting temperature, S s = H s /T m ; the second term contains the entropy of melting, S m = H m /T m . These entropy changes are roughly constant for a given crystal structure and bond type; it follows that ∆H/(k B T m ) should be approximately constant, too. Activation Enthalpy and Melting Properties: From practical consider- ations, correlations between melting and activation enthalpy are particularly useful. Figure 8.8 shows the ratio ∆H/(k B T m ) for various classes of crys- talline solids. It is approximately a constant for a given structure and bond type. The constants defined in this way vary over a factor of about 3.5. The activation enthalpy was related to the melting point many years ago [27–29]. These correlations have been reconsidered for metals and alloys by Brown and Ashby [24] and for pure metals recently by Tiwari et al. [25]. The activation enthalpy of diffusion is related via ∆H ≈ K 1 T m (8.42) to the melting temperature (expressed in Kelvin) of the host crystal. This relation is called the van Liempt rule or sometimes also the Bugakov – van Liempt rule [30]. One may go further by invoking the thermochemical rule of Trouton, which relates the melting point of materials to their (nearly) constant entropy of melting, S m . Trouton’s rule, S m = H m /T m ≈ 2.3 cal/mol =9.63 J/mol, allows one to replace the melting temperatuire in Eq. (8.42) by the enthalpy of melting, H m . Then, the van Liempt rule may be also expressed as ∆H ≈ K 1 S m H m ≡ K 2 H m . (8.43) 144 8 Dependence of Diffusion on Temperature and Pressure Fig. 8.8. Normalised activation enthalpies of self-diffusion, ∆H/(k B T m ), for classes of crystalline solids according to Brown and Ashby [24] Fig. 8.9. Activation enthalpies of self-diffusion in metals, ∆H, versus melting temperatures, T m , according to Tiwari et al. [25] K 1 and K 2 are constants for a given class of solids. Plots of Eqs. (8.42) and (8.43) for metals are shown in Figs. 8.9 and 8.10. Values of the slopes for metals are: K 1 = 146 Jmol −1 K −1 and K 2 =14.8 [25]. The validity of Eq. (8.42) has been demonstrated for alkali halides by Barr and Lidiard [31]. For inert gas solids and molecular organic solids, 8.3 Correlations between Diffusion and Bulk Properties 145 Fig. 8.10. Activation enthalpies of self-diffusion in metals, ∆H, versus melting enthalpies, H m , according to Tiwari et al. [25] the validity of Eqs. (8.42) and (8.43) has been established by Chadwick and Sherwood [32]. The correlations above are based on self-diffusion, which is indeed the most basic diffusion process. Diffusion of foreign elements introduces addi- tional complexities such as the interaction between foreign atom and vacancy and temperature-dependent correlation factors (see Chaps. 7 and 19). Corre- lations between the activation enthalpies of self-diffusion and substitutional impurity diffusion have been proposed by Beke et al. [33]. Activation Volume and Melting Point: The diffusion coefficient is pres- sure dependent due to the term p∆V in the Gibbs free energy of activation. The activation volume of diffusion, ∆V , has been discussed in Sect. 8.2. Nachtrieb et al. [34, 35] observed that the diffusivity at the melting point is practically independent of pressure. For example, in Pb and Sn the lat- tice diffusivity, as for most metals, decreases with increasing pressure in such a way that the increased melting point resulted in a constant rate of diffu- sion at the same homologous temperature. If one postulates that D(T m )is independent of pressure, we have d [ln D(T m )] dp =0. (8.44) Then, we get from Eq. (8.6) ∆V = ∆H(p =0) T m (p =0) dT m dp (8.45) 146 8 Dependence of Diffusion on Temperature and Pressure if the small pressure dependence of the pre-exponential factor is neglected. This equation predicts that ∆V is controlled by the sign and magnitude of dT m /dp.Infact,Brown and Asby report reasonable agreement of Eq. (8.45) with experimental data [24]. In general, dT m /dp is positive for most metals and indeed their activation volumes are positive as well. For plutonium dT m /dp is negative and, as expected from Eq. (8.45), the activa- tion volume of Pu is negative [36]. Later, however, also remarkable exceptions have been reported, which violate Eq. (8.45). For example, dT m /dp is negative for Ge [37], but the acti- vation volume of Ge self-diffusion is positive [38] (see also Chap. 23). Neither the variation of the activation volume with temperature due to varying contri- butions of different point defects to self-diffusion nor the differences between the activation volumes of various solute diffusers are reflected by this rule. 8.3.2 Activation Parameters and Elastic Constants A correlation between the elastic constants and diffusion parameters was already proposed in the pioneering work of Wert and Zener [39, 40]. They suggested that the Gibbs free energy for migration (of interstitials), G M , represents the elastic work to deform the lattice during an atomic jump. Thus, the temperature variation of G M should be the same as that of an appropriate elastic modulus µ: ∂(G M /G M 0 ) ∂T = ∂(µ/µ 0 ) ∂T . (8.46) The subscript 0 refers to values at absolute zero. The migration entropy S M is obtained from the thermodynamic relation S M = − ∂G M ∂T (8.47) and H M = G M + TS M yields the migration enthalpy. In the Wert-Zener picture both H M and S M are independent of T if µ varies linearly with tem- perature. If this is not the case, both S M and H M are temperature dependent. Substituting the thermodynamic relation and G M 0 ≈ H M in Eq. (8.46), we get: S M ≈− H M T m · ∂(µ/µ 0 ) ∂(T/T m ) = Θ H M T m . (8.48) At temperatures well above the Debye temperature, elastic constants usu- ally vary indeed linearly with temperature. The derivative Θ ≡−∂(µ/µ 0 )/ ∂(T/T m ) is then a constant. Its values lie between −0.25 to −0.45 for most metals. Then H M and S M are proportional to each other and the model of Zener predicts a positive migration entropy. For a vacancy mechanism, Zener’s idea is strictly applicable only to the migration and not to the formation property of the defect. One can, however, References 147 always deduce a diffusion entropy via ∆S = k B ln[D 0 /(gfa 2 ν 0 )] from the measured value of D 0 . Experimental observations led Zener to extend his relation to the activation properties of atoms on substitutional sites: ∆S = λΘ ∆H T m . (8.49) Then the pre-exponential factor can be written as D 0 = fga 2 ν 0 exp  λΘ ∆H T m  . (8.50) λ is a constant that depends on the structure and on the diffusion mechanism. For self-diffusion in fcc metals λ ≈ 0.55 and for bcc metals λ ≈ 1. The relation Eq. (8.49) is often surprisingly well fulfilled. We note that this relation also suggests that the diffusion entropy ∆S = S M +S F is positive. 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