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no Slip Twinning
1 Crystal slip is a line defect. Twinning is a surface defect grain boundary defect.
During twinning, the atoms in each successive plane
During slip, all atoms in a block move the
2 in a block move through different distances
same distance.
proportional to their distance from twinning plane.
Slip is commonly observed in Body centered
Twinning is commonly observed in Hexagonal Close
3 Cubic (BCC) and Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
Packing (HCP) metals.
metals.
After the slip, the crystal axis remains the
4 After twinning, the crystal axis is deformed.
same.
The slipped crystal lattice has the same The twinned crystal lattice is the minor image of the
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orientation. original lattice.
The stress required for slip is comparatively The stress required for twinning is comparatively
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low. more.
The stress necessary to propagate slip is
The stress necessary to propagate twinning is lesser
7 usually higher than the stress required to start
than that required starting it.
slip.
Slip can be seen as thin lines when viewed Twinning can be seen as broad lines when viewed
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under microscope. under microscope.
For slipping to occur, a threshold valve of
For twinning to occur, no such threshold valve of
9 stress called critical resolved shear stress is
stress is required.
required.