Gleiter’s atomistic growth accident theory for the formation of annealing twins was reviewed. It was shown that Gleiter’s formulation accurately calculates the annealing twin density in aluminum bronze and pure Cu if no terms were deleted from the complete equation and more recent data were used. Gleiter’s model predicted that twin density depended primarily on the grain size with little dependence on the annealing temperature, in agreement with the suggestions of some other investigators.

On the Calculation of Annealing Twin Density. Q.Li, J.R.Cahoon, N.L.Richards: Scripta Materialia, 2006, 55[12], 1155-8