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| An | Area of a given diffusion path n |
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| B | Bulk modulus |
| C | Capacitance |
| Ca | Atomic concentration |
| Ciklm | Components of the elastic stiffness tensor |
| Cl | Lattice site concentration |
| cp | Specific heat capacity |
| Cv | Vacancy concentration |
| Cv,eq | Equilibrium vacancy concentration |
| Cvt | Trapped vacancy concentration |
| d | Diameter |
| Da | Atomic diffusion coefficient |
| Dv | Vacancy diffusion coefficient |
| Dv,0 | Pre-exponential factor for vacancy diffusion |
| E | Young's modulus |
| E | Electric field |
| e | Electron charge |
| Ea | Activation energy for diffusion |
| F | Force |
| f | Relaxation factor |
| G | Vacancy source/sink term |
| j | Electric current density |
| Ja | Atomic flux |
| Jv | Vacancy flux |
| kb | Boltzmann constant |
| kt | Thermal conductivity |
| kt,0 | Thermal conductivity at the reference temperature T0 |
| l | Length |
| n | Current density exponent |
| na | Number of atoms |
| nv | Number of vacancies |
| p | Hydrostatic pressure |
| Q* | Transport heat |
| R | Electric resistance |
| Rp | Radius of a circular patch |
| Siklm | Components of the elastic compliance tensor |
| T | Temperature |
| t | Thickness |
| T0 | Reference temperature |
| u | Displacement |
| ui | Components of the displacement vector |
| V | Volume |
| v | Velocity |
| Ve | Electric potential |
| w | Width |
| Z* | Effective valence |
| α | Linear temperature coefficient |
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| αth | Coefficient of thermal expansion |
| μ | Electrochemical potential |
| β | Quadratic temperature coefficient |
| Δ | Change of any changeable quantity |
| δ | Grain boundary/interface thickness |
| δik | Kronecker delta function |
| εdi | Diffuse interface thickness parameter |
| εik | Components of the total strain tensor |
| Γ | Interface |
| γm | Interfacial free energy of the metal |
| γik | Components of the engineering shear strain tensor |
| γs | Surface energy |
| κ | Relative permittivity or dielectric constant of a material |
| μ | Chemical potential |
| ∇ | Vector differential operator |
| ν | Poisson ratio |
| Ω | Domain |
| Ωa | Atomic volume |
| ωr | Release rate |
| ωt | Trapping rate |
| Ωv | Vacancy volume |
| φ | Order parameter |
| ρ | Electrical resistivity |
| ρm | Mass density |
| σ | Trace of the hydrostatic mechanical stress tensor |
| σe | Electrical conductivity |
| σe,0 | Electrical conductivity at the reference temperature |
| σik | Components of the elastic stress tensor |
| σthr | Threshold stress for void nucleation |
| τik | Components of the shear stress tensor |
| τv | Vacancy relaxation time |
| θc | Equilibrium contact angle |