Temperature dependence of the indentation size effect
The influence of temperature on the indentation size effect is explored experimentally. Copper is indented on a custom-built high-temperature nanoindenter at temperatures between ambient and 200 °C, in an inert atmosphere that precludes oxidation. Over this range of temperatures, the size effect is...
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| Language: | en_US |
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Cambridge University Press/Materials Research Society
2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69887 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9856-2682 |
| Summary: | The influence of temperature on the indentation size effect is explored experimentally. Copper is indented on a custom-built high-temperature nanoindenter at temperatures between ambient and 200 °C, in an inert atmosphere that precludes oxidation. Over this range of temperatures, the size effect is reduced considerably, suggesting that thermal activation plays a major role in determining the length scale for plasticity. |
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