Stacking Faults and Stacking Fault Energy
A stacking fault is an irregularity in the planar stacking sequence of atoms in a crystal – in FCC metals the normal stacking sequence is ABCABC etc., but if a stacking fault is introduced it may change to ABCBA.
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“It is in our faults and failings, not in our virtues, that we touch each other, and find sympathy.... It is in our follies that we are one.”
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—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)
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