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Frenkel defects

Frenkel defects is the plural of Frenkel defect.

Meaning of Frenkel defect

Noun

Frenkel defect (plural Frenkel defects)

  1. A type of point defect in crystalline solids, occurring when an atom or smaller ion (usually cation) leaves its place in the lattice, creating a vacancy, and becomes an interstitial by lodging in a nearby location.

Questions about Frenkel defects

What is Frenkel defects the plural of?
Frenkel defects is the plural of Frenkel defect.

Words near Frenkel defects in the dictionary

  1. Frenette
  2. Frenettes
  3. Frenglish
  4. Frenkel
  5. Frenkel defect
  6. Frenkel defects
  7. Frenkel-Kontorova model
  8. Frenkel-Kontorova models
  9. Frenkels
  10. frenotomies
  11. frenotomy

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