The effect of simulating porcelain firing on the elemental composition, microstructure, and mechanical properties of electroformed gold restorations by Youssef S. Al Jabbari, Xanthippi Barmpagadaki, Sara M. Al Taweel, Spiros Zinelis

“…Mechanical properties including Martens hardness (HM), indentation modulus (EIT), elastic index (ηΙΤ), and Vickers hardness (HV) were determined by instrumented indentation testing. …”
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Surface roughness and microhardness of enamel white spot lesions treated with different treatment methods by Mina MG. Chabuk, Abdulla MW. Al-Shamma

“…Objective: To analyse the surface roughness and microhardness of artificial enamel white spot lesions before and after WSL formation, after treatment (Opalsutre™ microabrasion, Sylc® bioactive glass, and ICON® resin infiltration), and after pH cycling with the help of the profilometer surface roughness tester and the digital Vickers microhardness tester. Materials and methods: Seventy-five extracted molars were used to acquire one hundred specimens. 50 specimens were randomly assigned to five groups (n = 10) for the surface roughness study: 1) Sound group, 2) WSL group, 3) micro abrasion (MA; Opalustre, Ultradent, South Jordan, UT, USA), 4) bioactive glass 45S5 Sylc powder (Sylc; Denfotex Research Ltd, Inverkeithing, UK), and 5) ICON resin infiltration (ICON; DMG, Hamburg, Germany). …”
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Fused tracks and layers of Ti10Mo6Cu data obtained via laser powder bed fusion by Thywill Cephas Dzogbewu, Willie Bouwer du Preez

“…Data on the surface quality of the fused layers were extracted with a Surftest SJ-210 portable surface roughness tester, while microhardness test data was extracted using a FM-700 Digital Vickers Microhardness Tester. The data obtained could be used for validating numerical and analytical models, and for predicting fused track profiles. …”
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Exploration of D0₂₂-Type Al₃TM(TM = Sc, Ti, V, Zr, Nb, Hf, Ta): Elastic Anisotropy, Electronic Structures, Work Function and Experimental Design by Guowei Zhang, Fenger Sun, Heping Liu, Xiaoyan Ren, Hong Xu, Mingjie Wang, Yizheng Fu

“…The mechanical property indexes, such as elastic constants, bulk modulus, shear modulus, Young’s modulus, Poisson’s ratio, and Vickers hardness are systematically explored. Moreover, the calculated universal anisotropic index, percent anisotropy and shear anisotropic factors of D0₂₂-type Al₃TM are analyzed carefully. …”
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Mechanical Properties of Five Esthetic Ceramic Materials Used for Monolithic Restorations: A Comparative In Vitro Study by Saleh N. Almohammed, Belal Alshorman, Layla A. Abu-Naba’a

“…This study aimed to evaluate and compare the mechanical properties (flexural strength, fracture toughness, Vickers hardness, and brittleness index) of three CAD-CAM monolithic multilayer zirconia ceramics (GNX—Ceramill Zolid^® Gen-X, ZCP—IPS e.max^® ZirCAD, and UPC—Upcera^® Esthetic Explore Prime) and one CAD-CAM monolithic multilayer polymer-infiltrated hybrid ceramic (ENM—Vita^® Enamic) with a CAD-CAM monolithic lithium disilicate ceramic as a control (EMX —IPS e.max^® CAD). …”
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Deposition of mono dispersed Co–CeO2 nanocomposite coatings by a sol-enhanced pulsed reverse electroplating: process parameters screening by Shayan Hossein Sarraf, Saeed Rastegari, Mansour Soltanieh

“…FE-SEM surface morphology, BSE-SEM cross-sectional observations, surface XRD characterization, Vickers microhardness measurements, and Daimler-Benz adhesion test were performed to characterize and evaluate the coatings. …”
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Comparison of Surface Microhardness of the Flowable Bulk-Fill Resin and the Packable Bulk-Fill Resin according to Light Curing Time and Distance by Hyung-Min Kim, Moon-Jin Jeong, Hee-Jung Lim, Do-Seon Lim

“…To determine the hardness of the specimen, it was measured using the Vickers Hardness Number (Matsuzawa MMT-X, Japan). …”

The Effect of IMCs and Segregation on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of β-Type Titanium Alloys by Xi-Long Ma, Bo-Wen Jia, Guo-Quan Nie, Zhi-Feng Shang, Bin-Bin Fu, He Ren

“…The as-cast and solution-treated alloys showed their ultimate tensile strength and fracture strain; these were 982 and 1002 MPa, with 9.82 and 9.89% for Ti-10.5Cr-5.4Mn-2.4Zr-0.9Al, and 448 and 296 MPa, with 0.12 and 0.11% for Ti-15.6Cr-12Mn-3.3Zr, respectively. Moreover, the Vickers hardness values of the as-cast and solution-treated alloys were 345 and 355 for Ti-10.5Cr-5.4Mn-2.4Zr-0.9Al, and 422 and 466 for Ti-15.6Cr-12Mn-3.3Zr, respectively.…”
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Ti–15Zr and Ti–15Zr–5Mo Biomaterials Alloys: An Analysis of Corrosion and Tribocorrosion Behavior in Phosphate-Buffered Saline Solution by Adriana Alencar Santos, Jean Valdir Uchôa Teixeira, Carlos Alberto Fonzar Pintão, Diego Rafael Nespeque Correa, Carlos Roberto Grandini, Paulo Noronha Lisboa-Filho

“…Density, XRF, XRD, OM, SEM, and Vickers microhardness analyses were conducted to give details about the phase composition and the mechanical properties. …”
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Influence of Tool Geometry and Process Parameters on the Properties of Friction Stir Spot Welded Multiple (AA 5754 H111) Aluminium Sheets by Danka Labus Zlatanovic, Sebastian Balos, Jean Pierre Bergmann, Stefan Rasche, Milan Pecanac, Saurav Goel

“…To understand the influence of tool geometries and process parameters, coefficient of friction (CoF), microstructure and mechanical properties obtained with the Vickers microhardness test and the small punch test were analysed. …”
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Ultrahigh Temperature Flash Sintering of Binder-Less Tungsten Carbide within 6 s by Huaijiu Deng, Mattia Biesuz, Monika Vilémová, Milad Kermani, Jakub Veverka, Václav Tyrpekl, Chunfeng Hu, Salvatore Grasso

“…Compared to the well-established spark plasma sintering, the proposed approach results in improved energy efficiency with massive energy and time savings while maintaining a comparable relative density (94.6%) and Vickers hardness of 2124 HV. The novelty of this work relies on (i) multiple steps current discharge profile to suit the rapid change of electrical conductivity experienced by the sintering powder, (ii) upgraded low thermal inertia CFC dies and (iii) ultra-high consolidation temperature approaching 2750 °C. …”
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Microstructure and properties of B4Cp/Al composite prepared by microwave sintering with low temperature by Hongming Wang, Feng Tang, Guirong Li, De Zhang, Ming Liu, Xizhou Kai

“…As for the properties, the optimized composite material exhibits the best compactness and Vickers hardness as 93.2% and 112.5HV _1 . The nanoindentation test reveals that the hardness and elastic modulus of interface are 8.494 GPa and 142.537 GPa.…”
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Mechanical Behavior of Transparent Spinel Fabricated by Spark Plasma Sintering by Khadidja Hoggas, Salim Benaissa, Abdelbaki Cherouana, Sofiane Bouheroum, Abdenacer Assali, Mohamed Hamidouche, Gilbert Fantozzi

“…Various techniques such as SEM, AFM, spectrophotometer with an integrating sphere, instrumented Vickers indenter, Pin-on-Disk tribometer, scratch tester, and sandblasting device were employed to characterize the sintered samples. …”
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Dilatometric study of continuous cooling transformation of intercritical austenite in cold rolled AHSS-DP steels by Patricia Costa, Gerardo Altamirano-Guerrero, Armando Salinas-Rodríguez, Antonio E. Salas-Reyes, Frank Goodwin

“…Experimental continuous cooling transformation (CCT) diagrams were obtained using induction-quenching dilatometry and the corresponding microstructures were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis and Vickers microhardness measurements. In general, it was shown that the experimental behavior of phase transformations in current DP steels depends on the dynamic changes that occur in the hardenability of austenite during continuous cooling at different rates. …”
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COMPARISON OF MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITES PZT/ZnO AND PZT/Al FABRICATED BY POWDER METALLURGY by M. Khaleghian, M. Kalantar, S. S. Ghasemi

“…The density, fracture strength, toughness and hardness were measured by Archimedes method, three-point bending, direct measurement length crack and Vickers method, respectively. Dielectric and piezoelectric properties of the samples were also measured by LCR meter and d33metet tester, respectively. …”
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Investigating the Effect of Manganese Content on the Properties of High Manganese Austenitic Steels by Seyyed Amin Torabi, Kamran Amini, Masab Naseri

“…With increase of weight percent of the elements from sample 1 to sample 3, the hardness value reaches from 191 to 218 Vickers. Also, with increase of manganese weight percent from 7.55 to 16.5, the ultimate tensile strength and wear resistance showed 11% and 29% increase, respectively, to the effect that the most enhanced mechanical properties and maximum wear resistance were observed in sample 3 with 16.5wt.% of manganese. …”
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Effects of graphene oxide on microstructure and mechanical properties of 600℃ high temperature titanium alloy by CHEN Hang, MI Guang-bao, LI Pei-jie, WANG Xu-dong, HUANG Xu, CAO Chun-xiao

“…Meanwhile, the average room temperature tensile strength and yield strength increase by 7.8% and 10.4% respectively and Vickers hardness increases by 25.6%. The strengthening mechanisms of graphene oxide on 600℃ high temperature titanium alloy mainly include grain refinement strengthening,dislocation streng-thening and precipitation strengthening of the (TiZr)₆Si₃ second-phase.…”
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Effect of Cold Rolling and Annealing Temperature on the Recrystallization and Mechanical Properties of Al-4.7Zn-1.8Mg (wt. %) Alloy Fabricated by Squeeze Casting by Rachman Kurnia, Bondan Tiara Sofyan

“…The samples with 20% deformation were then annealed at 300oC, 400oC, and 500oC for 2 h. The Vickers hardness test was performed on the cold-rolled and annealed samples to reveal the strain hardening effect and subsequent recrystallization process. …”
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Synthesis of cubic boron nitride diffused-D2 steel surface composite by thermo-chemical diffusion process to enhance the wear resistance by Harminder Singh Saggu, Chander Prakash, Amardeep Singh Kang, Catalin I Pruncu

“…Here, the micro-hardness of manufactured coatings was investigated using a Vickers hardness tester. The wear resistance of surface composite was studied using a pin-on-disk apparatus. …”
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Rietveld refinement of powder X-ray diffraction, microstructural and mechanical studies of magnesium matrix composites processed by high energy ball milling by T. Ramkumar, M. Selvakumar, R. Vasanthsankar, A.S. Sathishkumar, P. Narayanasamy, G. Girija

“…The hardness of the composite samples is calculated by Vickers's Hardness tester. Further, dry sling wear test and corrosion test are performed for the fabricated composites. …”
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