Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 February 2011
The decay of X-ray satellite intensities is used to measure interdiffusion in amorphous Ni55Zr45 multilayers as a function of repeat distance, time and temperature. The data are compared to analytical expressions and a numerical simulation based on the analysis of Stephenson for stress effects. It is concluded that stress effects are very strong and that the analysis fits them quantitatively in a system such as a-Ni-Zr with marked diffusional asymmetry.