The measurement of diffusivity at low temperature in the Ni-CrMo alloy system, relative to the melt point, is accomplished through the use of a composition-modulated structure. The composition-modulated structure consists of numerous pairs of alternating Ni and Cr-Mo layers that are each just a few nanometers thick. A direct assessment of alloy stability is made possible through measurement of the atomic diffusion between these layers that occurs during anneal treatments. X ray diffraction under the Bragg condition in the(theta)/2(theta) mode is the method used to quantify the changes that occur in the short-range order, i.e. the artificial composition fluctuation. The relative intensities of satellite reflections about the Bragg peaks are monitored as a function of the time at temperature. The decay rate of the artificial composition fluctuation of Ni with Cr-Mo is analyzed using the microscopic theory of diffusion to quantify a macroscopic diffusion coefficient D as 1.52 x 10(sup -19) cm(sup 2)(center-dot) sec(sup -1) for Ni(sub 2)(Cr,Mo) at 760 K.
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