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Pure grain boundaries in NaCl, LiCl, and MgO are treated as well as doped boundaries possessing a thin amorphous interphase in the NaCl-CsCl system, and the mechanisms for formation of the amorphous phase are examined in detail. The results point to novel mechanisms active during deformation in these materials, such as: (i) formation of previously unknown hexagonal polymorphs of NaCl and LiCl under loading of the (310) grain boundary. (ii) creation of two dimensional, crack bridging, sheets under tension. (iii) decomposition of sessile dislocations into highly mobile 1/2 dislocations under hydrostatic pressure and a concomitant reduction in the slip resistance of grain boundaries formed from arrays of dislocations. (iv) mixing at amorphous grain boundaries formed by phase separation due to dislocation activity. 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(iii) decomposition of sessile dislocations into highly mobile 1/2 dislocations under hydrostatic pressure and a concomitant reduction in the slip resistance of grain boundaries formed from arrays of dislocations. (iv) mixing at amorphous grain boundaries formed by phase separation due to dislocation activity. 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