Schottky defect

American

[shot-kee] / ˈʃɒt ki /

noun

Crystallography.

an unoccupied position in a crystal lattice caused by the relocation of an atom or ion from the interior to the surface of the crystal.

Schottky defect British

/ ˈʃɒtkɪ /

noun

physics a crystal defect in which vacancies exist in the lattice

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Etymology

Origin of Schottky defect

Named after Walter Hans Schottky (1886–1976), German physicist, who described it

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