and is the creep activation energy, is the ideal gas constant, is temperature, and is a mechanism-dependent constant.

The exponent describes the degree of stress-dependence the creep mechanism exhibits. Diffusional creep exhibits an of 1 to 2, climb-controlled creep an of 3 to 5, and glide-controlled creep an of 5 to 7.

Dislocation glide

The rate of dislocation glide creep can be determined using an Arrhenius equation

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