Proper noun
Kirkendall (plural Kirkendalls)
A surname from Dutch.
Kirkendall porosity One important consideration deriving from Kirkendall’s work is the presence of pores formed during diffusion. Source: Internet
Demonstration of atomic fluxes in vacancy diffusion The Kirkendall effect arises when two distinct materials are placed next to each other and diffusion is allowed to take place between them. Source: Internet
He discovered the effect in 1947. citation The Kirkendall effect has important practical consequences. Source: Internet
Darken's equations main Shortly after the publication of Kirkendall’s paper, L.S. Darken published an analysis of diffusion in binary systems much like the one studied by Smigelskas and Kirkendall. Source: Internet
His paper demonstrated the importance of the Kirkendall effect in wire bonding technology, but also showed the significant contribution of any impurities present to the rate at which precipitation occurred at the wire bonds. Source: Internet
Macroscopic evidence for the Kirkendall effect can be gathered by placing inert markers at the initial interface between the two materials, such as molybdenum markers at an interface between copper and brass. Source: Internet