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An electron microprobe study of internal oxidation in a silver-manganese alloy

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A quantitative study of internal oxidation in a silver-10 at. % manganese alloy was performed. This alloy does not exhibit any external oxide layer after oxidation in air at high temperatures and its high manganese content allowed accurate microprobe analysis. The experimental results are in very good agreement with the predictions of Wagner's theory and yield values for the diffusion coefficient of manganese in silver consistent with previous determinations. Experiments performed on silver/silver-10 at. % manganese diffusion couples have shown that this is true over a wide range of concentrations.

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    Present address: école des Mines, Saint Etienne, France

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  1. Materials Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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Lévy, J., Niessen, P. An electron microprobe study of internal oxidation in a silver-manganese alloy. J Mater Sci 5, 96–99 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00554626

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