Abstract
Average dislocation density in a number of electrolytically coloured and uncoloured crystals of KBr and KCl has been measured using the etch-pit technique. A decrease in density of dislocation after electrolytic colouration has been observed. This is attributed to the change in the dislocation pattern inside the crystals during colouration to produce more number of vacancies under the typical conditions of large electric field gradient at high temperature.
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Deshmukh, B.T., Soman, S.T. Effect of electrolytic colouration on dislocation density in KBr and KCl. Pramana - J. Phys. 7, 423–425 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02847366
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