The following video clips were made as a single crystal of cadmium underwent deformation in a scanning electron microscope (SEM) chamber.

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• Appearance of slip steps as slip begins on a previously undeformed crystal (1 MB) ... in separate window ... video alone
• Longer version of above (3.2 MB) ... in separate window ... video alone
• Slip proceeding on previously deformed crystal (850 KB) ... in separate window ... video alone
  The trace of the slip planes can be seen. Markers have been dropped onto the surface of the crystal to allow the relative movement of parts of the crystal to be clearly seen.
• Slip proceeding on previously deformed crystal (600 KB) ... in separate window ... video alone
  An unusually large slip step can be seen on the left-hand edge of the specimen. As slip proceeds, the slip planes rotate towards the tensile axis, but the large slip step does not increase in size.
• A cadmium crystal fracturing under tensile load (380 KB) ... in separate window ... video alone
  The mode of fracture is ductile tearing. Note how the angle of the fracture surfaces mimics the angle of the slip planes in the deformed crystal.

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