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IN a recent communication, Gilman1 reports that an electrodeposited layer of copper raises the stress necessary to cause twinning in single crystals of zinc. This result is in accord with a series of observations, to be published shortly, by Dr. S. M. Gumbrell and myself, on the effect of surface condition on the twinning behaviour of cadmium crystals.
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Gilman, J. J., Nature, 169, 149 (1952).
Andrade, E. N. da C., and Roscoe, R., Proc. Phys. Soc., 49, 152 (1937).
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KING, R. Effect of Surface Films on the Twinning of Metal Crystals. Nature 169, 543–544 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/169543b0
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