Properties of point defects in FCC metals

The resistivity changes due to vacancies in copper, silver and gold were determined by: i) quenching from temperatures between 300 and 6000C and by ii) making measurements of the electrical resistivity as a function of the temperature between ambient temperature and the melting temperature. The resulting resistivity changes due to vacancies were much larger than those reported so far in the literature which were mainly obtained by quenching from high temperatures. We analysed our data together with results obtained in other laboratories by Simmons and Balluffi, by quenching, by measurements of self-diffusion coefficients and of the isotope effect, and by positron annihilation. The matls nickel, aluminium and platinum were also included in this analysis and we obtained information on E sub(1V)sup(F), E sub(1V)sup(M), E sub(2V)sup(M), E sub(2V)sup(B), S sub(1V)sup(F) and S sub(2V)sup(F). (author)