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Named after Walter H. Schottky.
Noun
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Schottky
defect
(
plural
Schottky defects
)
(
crystallography
)
A type of point defect in a
crystal
lattice
in which a set of points in the lattice (
anion
and
cation
sites) are
vacant
in such a way that the overall
charge
of the solid is
neutral
.