| Abstract: | The rates of growth and dissolution of silver single crystals have been investigated under potentiostatic conditions. The results show that dissolution is more rapid than growth. That is explained with the effect of additional active centres in case of dissolution which have no noticeable influence on crystal growth rate. It is shown that twin boundaries have great influence on crystal growth rate. In the case of dissolution their effect is negligible and cannot be noticed. The asymmetry of the processes of growth and dissolution is stronger expressed in case of low values of potential, especially when crystals are of the normal type. The influence of twin boundaries on crystal growth rate increases with overvoltage. |
