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crystallographic defect en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A localized disruption in the perfect, repeating arrangement of atoms in a crystal lattice, occurring at a single point or around one atom, significantly influencing material properties like conductivity and strength; the main types include vacancies (missing atoms), interstitials (extra atoms in non-regular spots), and substitutional defects (impurities replacing host atoms).

Forms

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crystallographic defects Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

F-center · volume defect

Hyponyms

planar defect · line defect · anion vacancy (point defect) · Frenkel defect (point defect) · Schottky defect (point defect) · bulk defect · F-center (point defect)