Abstract
It is shown that the brittleness of a single-component covalent crystal (diamond, Si, Ge) is due to the "duplicity" of the paired potential of interatomic interaction for elastic (reversible) and for plastic (irreversible) deformation. This leads to the fact that the specific surface energy during plastic deformation of a covalent crystal is more than two times less than the specific surface energy during elastic deformation. Therefore, with a small deformation of a covalent crystal, it is energetically more advantageous to create a surface by irreversible breaking than by reversible elastic stretching. It is indicated that the brittle-ductile transition in a single-component covalent crystal is accompanied by metallization of covalent bonds on the surface. It is shown that the brittle-ductile transition temperature (TBDT) for single-component covalent crystals under static load has an upper limit: TBDT/Tm<0.45, where Tm --- is the melting temperature. Keywords: interatomic covalent bond, brittleness, ductility, elementary semiconductors, brittle-ductile transition.
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