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Single crystal sheets have been prepared by the capillarity method. The dislocations can be revealed with a sodium thiosulphate solution at surface orientations from two regions in the basic triangle. These are: region A around 001 pole up to ≈25°, and region B around 111 pole up to ≈pa 10°. In the remaining region C of the basic triangle the dislocations do not etch. In region A the etch pits have the shape of pyramids. In region B they are triangular pyramidal in shape. Evidence is given that the edge and screw components of annealed and fresh dislocations are revealed by etching. At surface orientations near either the {00l} or {111} planes the slip can be activated in such zones 〈110〉 that are nearly parallel to the surface of the sheets. The slip bands are then straight and predominantly of the edge type.
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The author wishes to express his thanks to Dr. M. Boček and Dr. B. Šesták for valuable comments on the manuscript. Further, he wishes to thank I. Houfek for his help with the experiments, and P. Osif for preparation of the replicas.
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Vávra, F. Etch pits in AgCl crystals. Czech J Phys 19, 776–782 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01697133
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01697133