Theory of solution strengthening of alkali halide crystals
- 1 February 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 45 (2) , 508-509
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1663272
Abstract
The solution strengthening of sodium and potassium halide crystals by dissolved alkaline earth atoms is accounted for quantitatively. Strengthening is associated with the change in electrostatic energy that occurs when a divalent ion‐vacancy complex is sheared by a dislocation that passes through it. The model yields a hardening coefficient of 11 × 109 dyn/cm2 compared with the experimental value of 9.2 × 109 dyn/cm2.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Strengthening of Alkali Halides by Divalent‐Ion AdditionsJournal of the American Ceramic Society, 1973
- The hardness of alkali halide crystals containing divalent ion impuritiesPhilosophical Magazine, 1965
- Solution hardening by tetragonal dist ortions: Application to irradiation hardening in F.C.C. crystalsActa Metallurgica, 1962