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X‐Ray and Optical Metallography of a Vapor Condensed Zinc Crystal Platelet
Author(s) -
Armstrong R. W.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.19650110133
Subject(s) - metallography , crystal (programming language) , zinc , materials science , diffraction , crystallography , x ray , x ray crystallography , interferometry , contrast (vision) , optics , single crystal , observable , metallurgy , chemistry , microstructure , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science , programming language
The Berg‐Barrett X‐ray diffraction contrast technique has been applied to searching for dislocations within a vapor condensed zinc crystal platelet and, also, to studying the crystal surface topography. Correlation of the X‐ray results with results from optical metallography and interferometry showed: (1) a few dislocations were present, at least, in several local regions of the crystal; and, (2) very shallow surface steps (≈2 × 10 −5 cm) produced observable contrast in the X‐ray micrographs.