Effect of Zn concentration on diffusion induced grain boundary migration in Cu -Zn system

Cu-Zn alloy system with three different compositions has been chosen to study the time, temperature and composition dependence of the Diffusion Induced Grain boundary Migration (DIGM) in the temperature range of 277–427°C. The grain boundary migration follows parabolic rate law as a function of time. The diffusivity, D_bα, was calculated from concentration-distance profile using growth rate, v. The activation energy for diffusion is found to be 101kJ/mol which is nearly half of the activation energy required for volume diffusion indicating that preferential grain boundary diffusion is more favorable than volume diffusion leading to grain boundary migration in Cu-Zn system.