Dislocation-enhanced diffusion in silver single crystals

Authors:
  • CLC. T. Lai
    C. T. Lai
  • HMH. M. Morrison
    H. M. Morrison

Abstract
An electrolytic sectioning technique has been used to measure self-diffusion coefficients in silver single crystals in the temperature range 300–800 °C. The results are analyzed in terms of diffusion through the crystal lattice, enhanced by diffusion along dislocations.