• n materials science, a dislocation or Taylor's dislocation is a crystallographic defect or

irregularity within a crystal structure. The presence of dislocations strongly influences

many of the properties of materials.
• The theory describing the elastic fields of the defects was originally developed by Vito
Volterra in 1907,[1]. The term 'dislocation' referring to a defect on the atomic scale was
coined by G. I. Taylor in 1934.[2] Some types of dislocations can be visualized as being
caused by the termination of a plane of atoms in the middle of a crystal. In such a case,
the surrounding planes are not straight, but instead they bend around the edge of the
terminating plane so that the crystal structure is perfectly ordered on either side. This
phenomenon is analogous to the following situation related to a stack of paper: If half of a
piece of paper is inserted into a stack of paper, the defect in the stack is noticeable only
at the edge of the half sheet.
• The two primary types of dislocations are edge dislocations and screw dislocations. Mixed
dislocations are intermediate between these.

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• An edge-dislocation (b = Burgers vector)

• Mathematically, dislocations are a type of topological defect, sometimes called a soliton.

Dislocations behave as stable particles: they can move around, but maintain their identity.
Two dislocations of opposite orientation can cancel when brought together, but a single
dislocation
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