A focused-ion-beam system has been applied to prepare a thin foil specimen of silicon which contained cracks in the plane of the foil. It was possible to observe a much larger area at and near a crack tip than has been hitherto possible. The crack formation around a Vickers indent appears to be much more complicated than has been supposed.
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