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On the Initial Stage of the Reduction Growth of Iron Whiskers

Yosiaki Tino and Etsuzo Mukoyama

(Received July 27, 1968)

The initial stage of the growth of iron whiskers was investigated using the Brenner method of the hydrogen reduction of ferrous chloride. A number of micro-crystals were formed on a fused quartz substrate, and their growth was followed. It was found that the growth of a whisker crystal did not always occur around a single axial dislocation, but took place as the result of the coalescence of several micro-crystals existing in a very narrow range. The reason why a perfect or nearly perfect crystal can be grown upon such a superposition of a number of nuclear crystals was explored experimentally, and then, a model of the possible mechanism was offered.

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DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.8.314

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