Answer to Question #126793 in Physics for sohaib Ahmad

Question

what is burger vector and burger circuit? what is difference between them?

Answer 1

 

A Burgers circuit is a method used to calculate the Burgers vector practically. The burger circuit is used to enclose the dislocation on a crystal. The Burgers vector shows how a crystal with the dislocation is different from the crystal without the dislocation:

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