Crystal Indentation Hardness

Spherical Indentation Hardness of Shape Memory Alloys

Conventional Vickers and true instrumented indentation hardness determined by instrumented indentation tests

We evaluate Vickers hardness and true instrumented indentation test (IIT) hardness of 24 metals over a wide range of mechanical properties using just IIT parameters by taking into account the real contact morphology beneath the Vickers indenter. Correlating the conventional Vickers hardness, indentation contact morphology, and IIT parameters for the 24 metals reveals relationships between conta...

Indentation Hardness of the Bill Keratin of the European Starling’

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Experimental and Finite Element Simulation of Nano-indentation on Metal Matrix Composites: Hardness Prediction

The scientific importance of nanocomposites are being increased due to their improvedproperties. This paper is divided into two parts. First, Al-Al2O3 nanocomposite wasproduced by using ball milling technique followed by cold compaction and sintering.Microstructure and morphology studies were done through SEM, TEM, and EDX anal-ysis on the produced powder. The mechanical properties of the produ...

Buckling of Single-Crystal Silicon Nanolines under Indentation

Atomic force microscope-(AFM-) based indentation tests were performed to examine mechanical properties of parallel singlecrystal silicon nanolines (SiNLs) of sub-100-nm line width, fabricated by a process combining electron-beam lithography and anisotropic wet etching. The SiNLs have straight and nearly atomically flat sidewalls, and the cross-section is almost perfectly rectangular with unifor...