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The 31 pages that link to Dislocation, each with the reason it gives.

• Crystal latticeBroader topic: Dislocations explain how lattice structures deform under applied stress.

• Grain boundaryBroader topic: Arrays of dislocations accommodate the mismatch across many grain boundaries.

• MetallurgyRelated: Dislocation motion underlies the strength and ductility of many metals.

• Yield strengthRelated: Dislocation motion is a principal mechanism of yielding in crystalline metals.

• AlloyNarrower topic: Many alloy-strengthening methods work by making dislocation motion more difficult.

• HardnessRelated: Dislocations govern much of the plastic flow resisted during indentation.

• Plastic deformationRelated: Dislocation motion lets crystals deform permanently at stresses far below those needed to shear a perfect lattice.

• DuctilityRelated: Dislocation motion enables crystalline metals to deform plastically before fracture.

• Point defectCompared with: Dislocations extend through the material and enable plastic deformation, unlike localized point defects.

• MetalBroader topic: Dislocation motion lets metals deform plastically without requiring whole crystal planes to slide at once.

• Work hardeningBroader topic: Plastic deformation multiplies dislocations, whose interactions obstruct further dislocation motion.

• AnnealingBroader topic: Deformation multiplies dislocations; their rearrangement or removal helps soften a material during annealing.

• FatigueRelated: Repeated movement of dislocations contributes to microscopic fatigue damage.

• Brittle fractureRelated: Limited dislocation motion helps explain low plasticity in brittle materials.

• PlasticityBroader topic: Dislocation motion lets crystalline materials deform permanently without breaking every atomic bond at once.

• Precipitation hardeningBroader topic: Precipitates strengthen alloys by obstructing these defects’ motion.

• Frenkel defectCompared with: It extends through a line of sites rather than being localized as a point defect.

• MalleabilityBroader topic: Dislocation motion lets crystalline metals deform without breaking all atomic bonds at once.

• Polycrystalline materialRelated: Grain boundaries impede or redirect dislocation motion across grains.

• Schottky defectCompared with: A Schottky defect is localized at vacancies, not extended along a line.

• Interstitial defectCompared with: Unlike an interstitial’s localized distortion, a dislocation extends along a line.

• Alloy steelNarrower topic: Alloying strengthens steel largely by making dislocation movement more difficult.

• Vacancy defectCompared with: Dislocations extend along lines, unlike vacancies localized at individual sites.

• DuraluminBroader topic: Duralumin’s precipitates strengthen it by hindering dislocation movement.

• CrystalliteRelated: Dislocations within crystallites influence their strength and diffraction patterns.

• Crystallographic defectBroader topic: Its movement lets layers of atoms slip without breaking every bond at once.

• Grain boundary strengtheningBroader topic: Dislocations carry plastic deformation and are impeded as they encounter grain boundaries.

• Heat treatingNarrower topic: Many strengthening treatments work by obstructing dislocation movement.

• MisorientationRelated: Low-angle misorientations can be accommodated by arrays of dislocations.

• IntermetallicRelated: Dislocation motion is often difficult in ordered phases because it can disturb chemical order.

• Yield (materials science)Broader topic: Dislocation motion is the main microscopic mechanism of yielding in crystalline metals.