Download or read book L12 Ordered Alloys written by Frank R.N. Nabarro and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1996-11-19 with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dislocations are lines of irregularity in the structure of a solid analogous to the bumps in a badly laid carpet. Like these bumps, they can be easily moved, and they provide the most important mechanism by which the solid can be deformed. They also have a strong influence on crystal growth and on the electronic properties of semiconductors.