Dislocation plasticity (Orowan)

Layer 2 — Chemistryin the Metallurgy and Alloys subtree

Orowan 1934 plastic flow via dislocation glide; Taylor relation tau = alpha G b sqrt(rho); slip systems determine ductility; FCC has 12 slip systems making metals like Cu and Al ductile.

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