Linde's Law and the Scattering Power of Associated Point Defects

Resistivity data taken in dilute alloys indicates that the scattering power of a point defect is relatively unaffected by the proximity of other defects. The scattering power of defect pairs as a function of separation is therefore investigated as a two-center scattering problem, and the theory is found to predict the observed insensitivity of scattering cross section to defect separation for all realizable separations of the defects.