Extensions to Database Definition File Syntax

Software packages for simulation of diffusional phase transformations, such as the Diffusion Module (DICTRA) and Precipitation Module (TC-PRISMA), need both thermodynamic data and kinetic data (i.e. diffusivities or mobilities). Naturally, the handling and storage of kinetic data also benefits from the use of some kind of database management. Thus, the TDB database definition file syntax has been extended to incorporate some keywords needed for storing kinetic data - PARAMETER, DIFFUSION, and ZEROVOLUME_SPECIES .