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. 2021 Apr 14;36(12):2444–2455. doi: 10.1557/s43578-021-00186-6

TABLE 1.

Constants & properties of bulk indium and lithium and the interface diffusion model constants for indium.

Constant/property & model constants Indium Lithium
Crystal structure BCT BCC
ρ (g/cm3), density 7.30 0.534
E (GPa), elastic modulus1 12.7 9.5
G (GPa), shear modulus 3.8 4.25
ν (-), Poisson’s ratio 0.45 0.362
σy (MPa), yield stress 0.93 0.5
Tm (ºC), melting temperature 156.6 180.5
Do (m2/s), pre-exponential term 3.2 ×10-4 2.3 ×10-5
Qd (J), activation energy for self-diffusion 78,300 55,300
T (ºC), test temperature 24.4
TH (-), homologous temperature at 24.4 ºC 0.69 0.66
D (m2/s), self-diffusion coefficient 5.7 ×10-18 4.5 ×10-15
Ds (m2/s), surface diffusivity 5 ×10-11 NA
δ (m), surface layer thickness 1 ×10-9 NA
Ω (m3/atom), atomic volume 2.6 ×10-29 NA
γ (J/m2), surface energy 1 NA
V (m/s), triple point velocity 1 ×10-8 NA
H (J/m3), hardness 5.4 ×107 NA
ω (1/m), elastic relaxation length 1.2 ×106 NA
kB (J/(atom·K)) 1.38 ×10-23 NA

1The elastic modulus of lithium is highly anisotropic.