Download or read book The Theory of Diffusion in Strained Systems written by Louis A. Girifalco and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The effect of plastic flow on the diffusion rate was also studied by considering the rate at which vacancies are produced by dislocation motion and the rate at which vacancies condense at inhomogeneities in the crystal. The resulting equations predict that for a vacancy mechanism the diffusion coefficient varies linearly with the strain rate. This conclusion is in agreement with experiment.