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CHAPTER 7

DISLOCATIONS AND STRENGTHENING MECHANISMS

PROBLEM SOLUTIONS

Basic Concepts of Dislocations

Characteristics of Dislocations

7.1 The dislocation density is just the total dislocation length per unit volume of material (in this case per
cubic millimeters). Thus, the total length in 1000 mm3 of material having a density of 105 mm-2 is just

(105 mm-2 )(1000 mm3 ) = 10 8 mm = 105 m = 62 mi

Similarly, for a dislocation density of 109 mm-2, the total length is

(10 9 mm-2 )(1000 mm3) = 1012 mm = 10 9 m = 6.2 x 105 mi

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