lattice defect
lattice defect
Disorder of the atomic arrangement in a crystal. In a perfect crystal, constituent atoms create a regular and an ordered arrangement. However in a real crystal, the order of arrangement is violated and structural disorder exists. "Lattice defect" is classified into planar faults, line defects and point defects, in terms of its form.
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