Mott, N.F.Nabarro, F.R.N.2006-08-292006-08-291940Proceedings of the Physical Society, Vo. 52, 1940, p. 86-89http://hdl.handle.net/10539/1133The process of diffusion being assumed to result simply in an interchange of atoms, an estimate is made of the internal strains produced by precipitation. According to the dislocation theory these strains are responsible for the hardness of the material, and so the degree of hardening can be predicted.409316 bytesapplication/pdfenprecipitationArticle