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THIS communication is concerned chiefly with the localized chemical reactivity of solids such as graphite, molybdenum sulphide and other substances which crystallize with layer structures and for which some information is available1 about their dislocation content. Most specimens of such solids are known to contain extremely high densities (for example 1013 cm−2 in graphite2) of basal dislocations which move freely through the layer planes even at low temperatures. But there is every indication3,4 that the presence of these glissile basal dislocations does not lead to enhanced reactivities of the solids. (It could be argued, however, that, for graphite at least, basal dislocations, owing to their ubiquity, contribute to the intrinsic reactivity of the solid.) This communication draws attention to the role of non-basal dislocations, the existence and influence of which have, until recently, tended to be overlooked.
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THOMAS, J., EVANS, E. Enhanced Reactivity at Dislocations in Layer Structures. Nature 214, 167–168 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/214167a0
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