Record

RefNoJFN/2/3
LevelFile
TitleLetter from William (Bill) Shockley, Bell Telephone Laboratories, to John Nye
Date17 January 1952
DescriptionDiscussing possible research that Nye could undertake as part of his one-year appointment at Bell Labs in 1952. In particular, discusses research by R D Heidenreich and J K Roros, examining the effect of intermittent stress on aluminium crystals. These stresses cause Kikuchi lines on the crystal's surface to disappear, and appear to harden the surface as a result. Proposes that Nye continues this research to determine levels of stress necessary to produce this result. Folder contains the original signed letter and a carbon copy of the same.
Extent1 folder
FormatTypescript
Carbon
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA4040Nye; John Frederick (1923 - 2019)1923 - 2019
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