Local nonequilibrium mass transfer in a two-component system under external pulsed irradiation with energy fluxes

The nonisothermal mass transfer in metal materials under irradiation with concentrated energy fluxes is studied in the one-dimensional approximation. Local nonequilibrium equations of extended irreversible thermodynamics are used to describe the transfer phenomena. It is established that, for short times (on the order of the time required for relaxation of the diffusion flow to its local-equilibrium value), the wave mechanism for mass transfer is dominant over the diffusion one, ensuring that the impurity-concentration profiles have a nonmonotonous form. The degree of influence of the space-time nonlocality of the transfer processes on the formation of concentration profiles is estimated, and the model results are compared with the experimental data.