Defects and Diffusion in Metals IV: (Volumes 203-205 Defect and Diffusion Forum)

This issue covers, in the form of abstracts, the work which has been reported between the previous retrospective and the end of 2001. The choice of abstracts is guided by criteria such as accessibility, data content and description of important new techniques, phenomena or anomalies. But there is also a thorough coverage of more qualitative features of diffusion and defect phenomena, computer modelling and theory. The volume also includes, as usual, a number of invited review and experimental papers which treat a wide range of topics in the field. The more theoretical review papers presented here cover the modelling of intergranular segregation and diffusion in alloys, as well as the impact of electron theory. The more practical aspects of diffusion are described by reviews concerning interdiffusion in coatings and long-term thermomechanical behaviour.

Table of Contents:
Atomic-Scale Modelling of Integranular Segregation: The Case of Alloys with Strong Size-Effect Atomic Defects and Diffusion in Intermetallic Compounds: The Impact of the ab initio Electron Theory Interdiffusion Issues in Pt-Modified NiAl Coatings Long-Term Life of Ni/Cu Bellows: Effect of Diffusion on Thermomechanical Properties On-the-Fly Evaluation of Diffusional Parameters during a Monte Carlo Simulation of Diffusion in Alloys: a Challenge Monte Carlo Study of the Evolution of the Phase Morphology in Coherent Metallic Multilayers with Immiscible Components Determination of Atom-Vacancy Exchange-Frequency Ratios from Experimental Intrinsic Diffusivities in Disordered Binary and Ternary Alloys Investigation of Diffusion Kinetics by Auger Electron Spectroscopy Limits of Ion-Beam Depth-Profiling as Used in Diffusion Studies of Oxidation-Sensitive Materials Effect of Treatment in Hydrogen on Physiomechanical Properties of Fe-Ni Alloys (<30at%Ni) Energy of Vacancy Formation and Migration of Two Σ5 Tilt Grain Boundaries in Ni3Al Intermetallic: a Monte Carlo Simulation Study Ni Tracer Self-Diffusion, Interdiffusion and Diffusion Mechanisms in NiAl Dendrite Growth Characteristics of the γ'-Precipitates in a Single-Crystal Ni-Based Superalloy Microstructure Control Factors of H Diffusion through Pd and Pd77Ag23 Membranes H-Diffusivity and Solubility in Crystalline Pd-Ni Alloys Activation Energy of Diffusion of H in Pd81Pt19 Membrane during Absorption and Desorption of H Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Zr Oxidation: Stress and Anisotropy Effects Low-Temperature Acoustic and Thermal Properties of Plastically Deformed, High-Purity Crystalline Specimens of Al, Nb and Ta Thermally Activated Dislocation Motion Studied by Internal Friction Mechanical Spectroscopy in Martensitic and Cold-Worked Carbon Steels Internal Friction Study of Intermetallic Compound Fe3Al Single Crystals Low-Frequency Damping Measured under Isothermal Conditions: Martensite Variant Interface Motion in Shape Memory Alloys Mechanical Spectroscopy of Bulk Metallic Glasses Magnetomechanical Damping in Magnetized Nickel Internal Friction in a ZC63 Matrix Composite The Effect of Particle Reinforcement upon the Precipitation of Secondary Phases in Composites with Aluminum Matrix Anelastic Properties of Magnesium-Matrix Composites as a Function of Temperature Internal Friction of Copper Thin Layers on Silicon Substrates Mechanical Spectroscopy of Icosahedral Al-Cu-Fe Quasicrystals Metal-Based Composites