A ZONAL DISLOCATION MECHANISM FOR RHOMBOHEDRAL TWINNING IN SAPPHIRE (ALPHA-AL2O3)

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作者
GEIPEL, T
LAGERLOF, KPD
PIROUZ, P
HEUER, AH
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[1] Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
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ACTA METALLURGICA ET MATERIALIA | 1994年 / 42卷 / 04期
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10.1016/0956-7151(94)90154-6
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
HRTEM investigations of rhombohedral twins in sapphire (alpha-Al2O3) indicate that they are ''screw twins''; the twin axis eta1, is [0111BAR] and involves a 1/6[0111BAR] translation in addition to the 2-fold rotational symmetry. Based on this data, a zonal dislocation mechanism for rhombohedral twinning in sapphire is proposed which predicts the correct shear strain s =0.202. This mechanism only requires movements of the Al and 0 ions of less than 50% of the closest Al-Al or O-O distances in the ideal crystal, although some ions have to move against the shear.
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