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Shape of thermal etch pits and crystal structure in tellurium crystals
Author(s) -
Bhatt V. P.,
Trivedi Mira D.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
kristall und technik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.377
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1521-4079
pISSN - 0023-4753
DOI - 10.1002/crat.19800150116
Subject(s) - tellurium , etch pit density , dislocation , materials science , crystallography , thermal , cleavage (geology) , etching (microfabrication) , crystal (programming language) , crystal structure , composite material , chemistry , metallurgy , physics , thermodynamics , computer science , layer (electronics) , fracture (geology) , programming language
Abstract During the systematic study of thermal etching of tellurium crystals, various shaped thermal etch pits were observed on the {10 1 0} cleavage faces of this crystal. An attempt has been made to explain the shape of non‐dislocation and dislocation etch pits. A simple model based on crystal structure and bonding of atoms has been suggested to explain the shape of etch pits.