Abstract
Available data on the production of electrical resistivity due to point defects in high‐purity copper during fatigue and unidirectional deformation are analyzed. Per unit of deformation energy, fewer point defects are produced during fatigue than during unidirectional deformation, except perhaps during the first few cycles of cyclic stressing. A qualitative relation that appears to exist between changes in electrical resistivity and shear modulus during cyclic stressing is discussed.