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Chemistry · Glossary

What is Kröger–Vink notation?

Also known as: Kröger--Vink notation

Definition 22.16 University Chemistry — Year 3 · Chapter 22 — Solid-State Chemistry: Bands, Defects and Semiconductors

Kröger–Vink notation writes a point defect as ASc\mathrm{A_S^c}: A is the species on the site (V for a vacancy, ii as the site for an interstitial), S the site it occupies in the perfect crystal, and c its charge relative to that site: ∙\bullet for each positive unit, ′' for each negative unit, ×\times for none.

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