Oxygen uptake and oxygen diffusion in Mayenite (Ca12Al 14O33) were investigated using the stable tracer 18O2. Mayenite contains one intrinsic, highly mobile oxygen anion. It was shown that for high temperatures (above 700 °C), the diffusion goes through a interstitialcy mechanism, where the interstitial oxygen anion knocks out a lattice oxygen anion. The activation enthalpy for this process is around 0.9 eV, suggesting that the ionic migration is very fast. © (2009) Trans Tech Publications.

Sathya Swaroop N-R

Department of Physics

School of Advanced Sciences

Vellore Campus

M. Kilo

M. Lerch

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Journal	Defect and Diffusion Forum
Publisher	Trans Tech Publications Ltd
ISSN	10120386