A combined micro-interferometric and electrochemical investigation was made of the dissolution (and growth) behavior of gross linear defects on electrolytically grown separate {100} and {111} faces of single crystals (grown in glass capillary tubes). Microscopic investigation showed that the plane defects, which brought about the appearance of gross linear defects, lay in {111}-planes. The values (15–20mJ/m2) found for the specific energies of the defects, and their crystallographic position, characterized them as stacking faults.

Electrochemical Grooving. C.N.Nanev, D.Vladikova: Electrochimica Acta, 1978, 23[4], 325-9