Defects in metals

Recent study of defects in metals using Mössbauer spectroscopy is presented. Vacancy and interstitial atoms are focussed as defects in metals. General remarks for the study of defects are presented first and then, as examples of the study,¹¹⁹Sb and⁵⁷Co Mössbauer measurements to monitor the trapping and detrapping process of quenched-in vacancies in Au are discussed with the aid of the complementary techniques which are resistivity measurement, computer simulation and positron lifetime measurement. Detailed results from these complementary techniques are described. Recent theoretical calculations for defect-associated states are also presented briefly.