Assertion: defect | /r/HasProperty | formed
Facets:
value: due to thermodynamic effects
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: Defects may be formed due to thermodynamic effects, and these defects are known as intrinsic defects, or due to imperfections in stoichiometry, which are not due to thermodynamics, and which are known as extrinsic defects.
text: When a defect is formed, disorder is introduced into the otherwise perfect lattice.