intracrystalline gliding
crystallography
Also known as: transcrystalline
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ice
- In ice: Mechanical properties
It involves two processes: intracrystalline gliding, in which the layers within an ice crystal shear parallel to each other without destroying the continuity of the crystal lattice, and recrystallization, in which crystal boundaries change in size or shape depending on the orientation of the adjacent crystals and the stresses…
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