Diffusion under the influence of a gradient in chemical composition.
In concentrated solid solutions, e.g.
A1-xBx, or in diffusion couples,
the motion of one constituent causes a counterflow of the other
constituents(s) or vacancies. In this case one can define a diffusion
coefficient for the intermixing, which is called the chemical diffusion
coefficient or interdiffusion coefficient.
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by: Miloslav Nic, Jiri Jirat, Bedrich Kosata, ICT Prague, Czech Republic