%0 Journal Article %T Self-diffusion in the hexagonal structure of Zirconium and Hafnium: computer simulation studies %A Ruiz %A Diego Hern¨˘n %A Gribaudo %A Luis Mar¨Şa %A Monti %A Ana Mar¨Şa %J Materials Research %D 2005 %I ABM, ABC, ABPol, SBCC, SBCr, SBMM, SBPMat %R 10.1590/S1516-14392005000400012 %X self-diffusion by vacancy mechanism is studied in two metals of hexagonal close packed structure, namely hafnium and zirconium. computer simulation techniques are used together with many-body potentials of the embedded atom type. defect properties are calculated at 0 k by molecular static while molecular dynamic is used to explore a wide temperature range. %K self-diffusion %K computer simulation %K transition metals. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1516-14392005000400012&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en