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Glass science

a small cluster of atoms that rearranges under shear stress, proposed as the unit of plastic flow in metallic and other amorphous solids.

In glass science, shear transformation zone refers to a small cluster of atoms that rearranges under shear stress, proposed as the unit of plastic flow in metallic and other amorphous solids. This meaning comes from Argon (1979) in Acta Metallurgica.[1]

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Argon, A. S. (1979). Plastic deformation in metallic glasses. Acta Metallurgica, 27(1), 47-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/0001-6160(79)90055-5

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