Activation Volumes for Self-Diffusion in Ordered AuZn Alloys

Measurements have been made to 5.2 kbar at 541°C of the simultaneous diffusion of ${\mathrm{Au}}^{195}$ and ${\mathrm{Zn}}^{65}$ in ordered AuZn alloys having nominal compositions of 49.0-, 50.0-, and 51.2-at.% Zn. The activation volumes $\Delta V$ obtained from these data are maximum at 50:50 composition and decrease on both sides of stoichiometry. The value of $\Delta V$ at 50:50 is approximately 8.5 ± 0.8 ${\mathrm{cm}}^3$/mole or 0.9 times the molar volume $V_M$, which is of the correct magnitude for a vacancy mechanism. The activation volumes for the two constituents are equal to within the experimental accuracy. The results are discussed in terms of the correlated six-jump vacancy mechanism operative in these highly ordered alloys, and are related to vacancy-defect vis-à-vis antistructure-defect structures at off-stoichiometric compositions.