Interdiffusion and atomic mobilities in fcc Ag–Mg and Ag–Mn alloys

Abstract On the basis of Ag/Ag–Mg and Ag/Ag–Mn semi-infinite diffusion couples together with electron probe microanalysis technique, the interdiffusion coefficients in fcc phases of Ag–Mg and Ag–Mn alloys were measured between 873 and 1173 K via the Sauer-Freise method. A statistic method was applied to evaluate the errors of the identified interdiffusivities in terms of the propagation of errors. Based on available thermodynamic information and the experimental interdiffusion coefficients, the atomic mobilities for the fcc Ag–Mg and Ag–Mn systems are obtained by using the DICTRA software package. The quality of the assessed atomic mobilities was confirmed by the comprehensive comparisons between calculated concentration profiles and the experimental data.