Climb dissociation in {113} planes in Al-Mg spinels

Abstract
Dislocations in Mg-Al spinels exhibit a very peculiar phenomenon. At high temperature they are dissociated off their glide plane (climb dissociation). { 100} and {110} dissociation planes have already been characterized. One reports here experimental evidence that {113} planes are also possible dissociation planes with similar fault energies. Comparison of these various possible faults is made on the basis of crystallographic considerations (mismatches in the cationic configurations in and around the fault planes). It is found that, at least for non equimolar spinel, because of the large cationic vacancy density, {113} faults should not be more energetic that the other ones, as far as these faults are electrically neutral (i.e. the removed layer does not change the chemical composition of the material)
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