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Vacancy formation enthalpy in AgZn alloys
Author(s) -
Chabik St.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
crystal research and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.377
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1521-4079
pISSN - 0232-1300
DOI - 10.1002/crat.2170221219
Subject(s) - vacancy defect , enthalpy , positron annihilation , standard enthalpy change of formation , thermodynamics , alloy , phase (matter) , materials science , annihilation , chemistry , metallurgy , positron , crystallography , physics , nuclear physics , electron , organic chemistry
Effective vacancy formation enthalpy ( H v ) for AgZn alloy was determined by means of positron annihilation method. It was found that H v decreases linearly with increasing Zn content for the α‐phase. For the ξ and β′‐phase the H v does not change and is equal to 0.53–0.55 eV.