The Physics of Metals, Volume 2

Cover......Page 1
Frontmatter......Page 2
Preface......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Sir Nevill Mott......Page 11
Publications of Professor N. F. Mott......Page 14
1.2 Types of defect. Their formation by thermal activation, irradiation and plastic deformation......Page 22
1.3 The mobility of point defects......Page 29
1.4 The physical properties of defects......Page 36
1.5 Interaction energies of point defects......Page 54
2.1 Introduction......Page 64
2.2 One-dimensional models......Page 68
2.3 Peierls--Nabarro model......Page 71
2.4 Edge dislocation in a cylinder......Page 74
2.5 More general dislocation lines......Page 78
2.6 Straight dislocations in anisotropic elasticity......Page 80
2.7 Flexible nature of dislocations......Page 86
2.8 Entropy of a dislocation line......Page 88
2.9 Burgers vector......Page 89
2.11 Interaction between dislocations and point defects......Page 91
2.12 Interaction of parallel dislocations......Page 94
2.13 Extended dislocations......Page 96
2.16 Dislocation locks......Page 98
2.17 Intercrystalline boundaries......Page 100
2.19 The force for glide motion......Page 104
2.21 Pile-up equilibrium......Page 105
2.23 Formation of kink bands......Page 106
2.27 Jogs in dislocations......Page 107
2.28 Jog dragging......Page 110
2.29 Spiral processes......Page 114
3.2 Experimental techniques......Page 119
3.3 Interpretation of image contrast effects......Page 127
3.4 Observations of defects in various metals......Page 147
3.5 Quantitative information obtained by electron microscopy......Page 164
3.6 Conclusion......Page 172
4.2 Types of lattice defect......Page 173
4.3 The interaction of dislocations and defects......Page 175
4.4 Fixed and mobile defects......Page 181
4.5 The mean force on a dislocation......Page 185
4.6 The flow stress at absolute zero......Page 195
4.7 The temperature dependence of the flow stress......Page 203
4.8 The stress--strain curve......Page 206
5.1 Introduction......Page 210
5.2 Nature of stress--strain curves......Page 211
5.3 Slip line observations......Page 215
5.4 Dislocation distributions......Page 218
5.5 The flow stress......Page 231
5.6 Work hardening theories......Page 236
6.1 Atomic forces and the strength of solids......Page 268
6.2 Dislocations, cracks and faults......Page 270
6.4 Griffith cracks......Page 274
6.6 Tensile fracture......Page 277
6.7 Ideally brittle tensile fracture......Page 279
6.8 Intrinsic brittleness and ductility......Page 281
6.9 Magnitude of the Griffith stress......Page 284
6.10 Ductile failure......Page 285
6.11 Promotion of brittle fracture by plastic deformation......Page 290
6.12 Thermal fractures......Page 294
6.13 Chemical effects in fracture......Page 297
6.14 Metal fatigue......Page 299
6.15 Conclusion......Page 301
Author index and bibliography......Page 302
Subject index......Page 319