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HITHERTO there has been no successful elucidation of the mechanism by which torsion of single crystals occurs. We have now, however, established that in zinc the main deformation process is rotational slip1, but in general with pronounced flexure of the slip lamellæ—a process we propose to call ‘flexural rotational slip’.
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WHAPHAM, A., WILMAN, H. Flexural Rotational Slip as the Main Deformation Process in the Torsion of Zinc Crystals. Nature 176, 460–461 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/176460a0
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