The structure of silver films

Abstract

An electron-diffraction study of the structure of silver films condensed in vacuo on rocksalt cleavage faces at about 200° c., and of the changes produced by heating these films in vacuo, has shown that the reflection and transmission patterns are in general agreement with Menzer's view of the twinned structure of such films. The films examined yielded patterns of a type indicating strong {111} extensions of the reciprocal-lattice intensity regions, but without marked development of [001] extensions. No conclusive evidence has been found of development of octahedral boundary faces of the films in addition to the twinning which occurs on these planes.