Anomaly in electron channeling due to imperfections produced thermally in a potassium chloride crystal

Lattice imperfections were produced in KCl crystals by a thermal process. The heat treated specimen was irradiated with 50 KeV electrons and the corresponding range of electrons in the crystal has been estimated. It was found that the electron range in the crystal depends upon the temperature of heat treatment, being a decreasing function of this temperature up to about 625 K, above which it becomes an increasing function. This anomaly has been explained in terms of dissolution of vacancies through dislocation loops.