Best Answer: The major differences between deformation by slip and deformation by twinning are

- Slip occurs when the shear stress exceeds a critical value. Blocks of the crystal slide over one another
along slip planes. The atoms moves an integral number of atomic distances along slip planes.
Twinning results when a portion of the crystal takes up an orientation that is related to the orientation of
the untwinned latice in a definite, symmetrical way. The twin portion of the crystal is a mirror image of the
parent crystal. Twin may be produced by mechanical deformation or as the result of annealing following
plastic deformation.
- Slip is usually considered to occur in discrete multiples of the atomic spacings, while in twinning the
atom movements are much less than an atomic distance.
- In slip, the orientation of the crystal above and below the slip plane is the same after deformation as
before, while twinning results in an orientation difference across the twin plane.
- Slip occurs on relatively widely spread planes, but in the twinned region of a crystal every atomic plane
is involved in the deformation,
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Saranya 3 years ago
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in slip:-orientation of atoms remains the same

displacement takes place in exact atomic spacing
in twinning:-reorientation of atomic direction across twin plane
atomic displacement is less than inter atomic spacing
kbrom 7 months ago