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That Fick’s 2nd Law problem from class today.

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high- low-
carbon carbon
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Question: if the low carbon steel has a carbon content of 0.25 wt% and I have a
source of 1.2 wt% carbon at the surface, how long should I expose the surface
at T=900oC such that at 0.5 mm into the surface the carbon content is 0.8 wt%?
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at surface,
concentration is x=0.5 mm low-
Cs = 1.2 wt % carbon
steel
(started
x=0 mm with
have Cs=1.2 wt % C=0.25
want wt %)
C=0.8
D for carbon in wt% here
iron at this
temperature Co=0.25
=1.6 x 10-11 m2/s wt% out
here
at x=0.5 mm in from the surface, we want C=0.8 wt%
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Non Steady-State Diffusion C=C(x,t)

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Initially uniform carbon concentration = 0.25 wt%
Concentration @ surface = 1.2 wt%
T=950 Celsius.

How much time is needed to get a carbon content of 0.80


wt% at a position 0.5 mm below the surface?

D for carbon in iron at this temperature =1.6 x 10-11 m2/s

can use table or can use erf trick: if z<=0.65 then erf(z) ~z
getting the erf() term onto one side, we have:
0.42 = erf() —> 0.0005/[2*sqrt(1.6 x 10-11*t)] = 0.42
solve for t —> t=~7 hours
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3.091 Introduction to Solid-State Chemistry


Fall 2018

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