Author:
Bhatt V. P.,Trivedi Mira D.
Abstract
AbstractDuring the systematic study of thermal etching of tellurium crystals, various shaped thermal etch pits were observed on the {1010} cleavage faces of this crystal. An attempt has been made to explain the shape of non‐dislocation and dislocation etch pits. A simple model based on crystal structure and bonding of atoms has been suggested to explain the shape of etch pits.