Correlation between microhardness and dislocation mobility in crystals with a different type of bond

Abstract The complex investigations of microhardness and dislocation mobility in temperature interval 77–873 K have been performed on ionic crystals, semimetals and covalent crystals. It is shown that the correlation between the microhardness and dislocation mobility exists as a whole only. The temperature change of microhardness is not often connected with the change of dislocation mobility. An “anomalous” behaviour of semimetals has been established – they have a small microhardness and a low dislocation mobility at a time.