Table 10.

Activation energies $E_{\mathrm{a}}$ for forward and backward step‐edge self‐diffusion processes on Mg(10$\bar{1}$ 1) calculated with Equation (2) (PBE).

Diffusion on Mg(10$\bar{1}$ 1)	Path	Pathway	E a for [eV]	E a rev [eV]
step‐edge	[$\bar{1}$ 2$\bar{1}$ 0]A‐step	s 0↔s 1	0.35	0.59
		s 1↔s 2	0.13	0.13
	[$\bar{1}$ 2$\bar{1}$ 0]B‐step	s 3↔s 4	0.44	0.73
		s 4↔s 5	0.16	0.16
	[1$\bar{2}$ 10]A‐step	s 6↔s 7	0.14	0.18
		s 7↔s 8	0.01	0.01
	[1$\bar{2}$ 10]B‐step	s 9↔s 10	0.36	0.95
		s 10↔s 11	0.40	0.40
	[10$\bar{1}$ 2]‐step	s 12↔s 13	0.18	0.71
		s 13↔s 14	0.45	0.45