ISSN:
1432-0630
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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Physics
Notes:
Abstract Monovacancy formation energies in copper, silver, and gold have been deduced from the temperature variation of the peak counting rate in the angular correlation curve of positron annihilation radiation from these metals. The counting rate was temperature dependent over the entire temperature range, including temperatures so low that no trapping of positrons at vacancies is effective. At these temperatures the increase in counting rate results from thermal expansion of the lattice. By separating this thermal expansion effect from the vacancy trapping effect at higher temperatures, we obtained values for the monovacancy formation energyE 1v for copper, silver, and gold to 1.29±0.02 eV, 1.16±0.02 eV, and 0.97±0.01 eV, respectively.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00883748
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