A method has been developed to study bulk lattice interdiffusion between calcium and strontium titanate by fabrication of a diffusion couple y i n g cosintering. The measured interdiffusion coefficients, D(C), indicate that strontium impurity diffusion in calcium titanate occurs at a faster rate than calcium impurity diffusion in strontium titanate. These interdiffusion coefficients are composition independent when the concentration of the calsium cation exceeds that of the strontium cation; otherwise D(C) is strongly composition dependent. Investigations into the effect of cation nonstoichiometry give results that are consistent with a defect incorporation reaction in which excess TiOz, within the solid solubility limit, produces A-site cation vacancies as compensating defects. The interdiffusion coefficients increase with increasing concentrations of Ti02, so it is concluded that interdiffusion of these alkaline-earth cations in their titanates occurs via a vacancy mechanism. [
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