Burgers vectors (b) are used to represent the magnitude and direction of the lattice distortion resulting from dislocations. For the edge and screw dislocations, how are the Burgers vectors are defined? Please show in detail.

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Burgers vectors (b) are used to represent the magnitude and direction of the lattice distortion resulting from dislocations. For the edge and screw dislocations, how are the Burgers vectors are defined? Please show in detail.

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