Real Materials
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   Introduction

   Point Defects
      Ionic Solids
      Diffusion Couples
      Thermodynamics

   Dislocations
      Burgers Circuit

   Surfaces & Boundaries
      Internal Boundaries
      Kink bands
      Interphase Boundaries
      Free Surfaces
      Voids

   Amorphous Materials
 
   Dislocations and Nanostructures

Real materials differ from ideal single crystals by being polycrystalline, of finite size, and by containing defects of various types. This change in the structure of the material has a profound
effect on its properties, and hence its utility in engineering applications. 

This section will introduce the important structural differences possessed by real materials and look at some of their effects on useful properties.