Improving the Properties of Laser-Welded Al–Zn–Mg–Cu Alloy Joints by Aging and Double-Sided Ultrasonic Impact Compound Treatment by Furong Chen, Chenghao Liu

“…The hardness and tensile properties of the welded components under the different processes were examined via Vickers hardness test and a universal tensile testing machine. …”
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Microstructure, mechanical and corrosion properties of cryorolled-AA5052 at various solution treatment temperatures by N M Anas, T E Abioye, A S Anasyida, B K Dhindaw, H Zuhailawati, Azzura Ismail

“…Mechanical and microstructural characterization of the cryorolled samples with and without ST and the base metal were performed using Vickers hardness tester, universal tensile testing machine, FESEM, EBSD and HRTEM. …”
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Effects of TiB₂ Particles on the Microstructure Evolution and Mechanical Properties of B₄C/TiB₂ Ceramic Composite by Haiyan Niu, Yu Zhu, Ning You, Yangwei Wang, Huanwu Cheng, Dujun Luo, Mengying Tang, Jiamin Zhang

“…The results showed that the relative density, Vickers hardness, and fracture toughness of the composite with 20 wt.% submicron and 10 wt.% nano-TiB₂ were significantly improved, which were 98.6%, 30.2 GPa, and 5.47 MPa·m^1/2, respectively.…”
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High-pressure linear friction welding of dissimilar AA5052-H34 and AA6061-T6 joint by Jeong-Won Choi, Jin-Ming Su, Ryutaro Hino, Motomichi Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Aoki, Hidetoshi Fujii

“…Because dissimilar AA5052/AA6061 joints have metallurgical inhomogeneities and strength mismatches, plastic strain constraints near the weld interface of the soft material inevitably occur during tensile testing. Although the Vickers hardness at the weld interface on the AA5052 side had the lowest value, fracture was suppressed owing to the plastic strain constraint. …”
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PELAPISAN PERMUKAAN BAJA TAHAN KARAT AISI 304 DENGAN KHROM OKSIDA MENGGUNAKAN METODA SPUTTERING by Sungkono Sungkono, Jan Setiawan, Isfandi isfandi, Ihwanul Aziz

“…Karakterisasi lapisan meliputi pengamatan mikrostruktur menggunakan mikroskop optik, kekerasan dengan microhardness Vickers tester, dan senyawa dalam lapisan dengan X-ray difractometer. …”
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Large scale production of graphene aluminum composites by stir casting: Process, microstructure and properties by Zengrong Hu, Zhikang Wu, Shuncun Luo, Xiaonan Wang, Qiong Nian, Yao Chen, Hiromi Nagaumi

“…Compared to its pure aluminum counterpart, the Vickers hardness of the optimal composite sample (with a graphene content of 0.2 wt.%) exhibits a significant increase of 42%. …”
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Highly electro-conductive B4C–TiB2 composites with three-dimensional interconnected intergranular TiB2 network by Jun ZHAO, Dong WANG, Xing JIN, Xiang DING, Jianhua ZHU, Songlin RAN

“…When the particle size of initial B4C powders is 10.29 µm, the obtained B4C–15 vol% TiB2 composite ceramics exhibit an electrical conductivity as high as 2.79×104 S/m and a density as low as 2.782 g/cm3, together with excellent mechanical properties including flexural strength, Vickers hardness (HV), and fracture toughness (KIC) of 676 MPa, 28.89 GPa, and 5.28 MPa·m1/2, respectively.…”
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On the Structural, Thermal, Micromechanical and Tribological Characterizations of Cu-Filled Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene Micro-Composites by Mabrouka Akrout, Basma Ben Difallah, Mohamed Kharrat, Maher Dammak, António Pereira, Filipe J. Oliveira, Isabel Duarte

“…Compared with neat ABS, all the micro-composites showed much higher indentation hardness, Vickers hardness, and indentation elastic modulus. …”
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Improvement of Mechanical Properties of Composites with Surface Modified B₄C for Precision Machining by Jun Ding, Jintao Wang, Hao Yang, Zhenglong Liu, Chao Yu, Xiangcheng Li, Chengji Deng, Hongxi Zhu

“…When the raw material ratio is n(B₄C): n(Zr): n(Ti) = 12:1:1, the composite ceramics have excellent comprehensive properties, the Vickers hardness reaches 41.2 GPa.…”
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Effect of Cooling Rate on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Al-33 wt.% Cu Alloy by Yeon-Joo Lee, Do-Hun Kwon, Eun-Ji Cha, Yong-Wook Song, Hyun-Joo Choi, Hwi-Jun Kim

“…In this study, after performing DED with various energy densities, we investigated the changes in the microstructures and Vickers hardness of cast Al-33 wt.% Cu alloy, which is widely used to estimate the cooling rate during processing by measuring the lamellar spacing of the microstructure after solidification. …”
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Sulphate Corrosion Mechanism of Ultra-High-Performance Concrete (UHPC) Prepared with Seawater and Sea Sand by Xin Sun, Tianyu Li, Fangying Shi, Xiaoyan Liu, Yingxia Zong, Baorong Hou, Huiwen Tian

“…We found a transition zone within 1–5 mm of the surface of SSUHPC. The Vickers hardness of mortar in this area was increased by 5~15%, and the porosity was reduced to 3.8489%. …”
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Research on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Repaired 7N01 Aluminum Alloy by Laser-Directed Energy Deposition with Sc Modified Al-Zn-Mg by Jibing Chen, Shanji Yu, Junsheng Yang, Rong Xu, Ruidi Li, Shisen Huang, Hongbin Zhu, Xinyan Liu

“…The microstructure and mechanical properties of the repaired specimens were studied through the metallographic microscope, scanning electron microscope, electron backscatter diffraction, universal tensile test, and Vickers hardness test in combination. The results show that the bonding interface of the repaired aluminum alloy is satisfactory, and the porosity is 2.8%. …”
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Investigation of thermal and mechanical properties of Sn-Zn and Sn-Zn- Bi near-eutectic solder alloys by Samia E. Attia Negm, A.S. Abdel Moghny, Syed Ismail Ahmad

“…The thermal and various mechanical properties of the formed melt-spun ribbons were investigated by dynamic resonance technique, Vickers micro-hardness test under annealing temperatures in the range from 348 K to 448 K. …”
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Critical Influence of the Processing Route on the Mechanical Properties of Zirconia Composites with Graphene Nanoplatelets by Ángela Gallardo-López, Carmen Muñoz-Ferreiro, Cristina López-Pernía, Emilio Jiménez-Piqué, Felipe Gutiérrez-Mora, Ana Morales-Rodríguez, Rosalía Poyato

“…The mechanical properties at room temperature in the macroscale have been assessed by Vickers indentations, four-point bending tests and the impulse-echo technique, while instrumented indentation was used to measure the hardness and Young’s modulus at the nanoscale. …”
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β→α Phase Transformation and Properties of Solid-State-Sintered SiC Ceramics with TaC Addition by Shiyi Zheng, Buhao Zhang, Xuejian Liu, Zhongming Chen, Zhengren Huang, Jie Yin

“….% TaC (ST-4) composite ceramic had a relative density of 98.0%, a bending strength of 708.8 ± 28.7 MPa, a fracture toughness of 8.3 ± 0.8 MPa·m^1/2, an elastic modulus of 384.9 ± 28.3 GPa and a Vickers hardness of 17.5 ± 0.4 GPa.…”
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Effect of an In-Office Bleaching Agent with Surface Pre-Reacted Glass-Ionomer Filler on the Enamel Surface: A In-Vitro Study by Mika Shimojima, Noriko Hiraishi, Kodai Akabane, Mohannad Nassar, Masayuki Otsuki, Yasushi Shimada

“…The surface roughness and the Vickers microhardness of the treated enamel surfaces were evaluated. …”
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Vat Photopolymerization of Cemented Carbide Specimen by Thomas Rieger, Tim Schubert, Julian Schurr, Andreas Kopp, Michael Schwenkel, Dirk Sellmer, Alexander Wolff, Juliane Meese-Marktscheffel, Timo Bernthaler, Gerhard Schneider

“…As mechanical parameters, Vickers hardness and Palmqvist fracture toughness were considered. …”
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Preparation and Thermal Expansion Properties of Zr₂P₂WO₁₂/Fe-Ni Composites by QI Rui-qiong, LI Wei-jie, LIAN Hong, SHI Xin-wei, YAO Ning

“…In addition, the hardness of the composites was tested using Vickers hardness instrument and the density of the as-prepared composites was characterized by using drainage method. …”
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Fused Filament Fabrication Three-Dimensional Printing Multi-Functional of Polylactic Acid/Carbon Black Nanocomposites by Nectarios Vidakis, Markos Petousis, Emmanuel Velidakis, Nikolaos Mountakis, Peder Erik Fischer-Griffiths, Sotirios Grammatikos, Lazaros Tzounis

“…Static tensile, flexural, Charpy’s impact and Vickers microhardness mechanical properties were investigated for the neat and PLA/CB 3D printed nanocomposites. …”
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Evaluation of the effectiveness of bioactive glass fillers against Candida albicans adhesion to PMMA denture base materials: An in vitro study by Mohammed M. Gad, Khalid Abu-Rashid, Adel Alkhaldi, Omar Alshehri, Soban Q. Khan

“…Direct culture method was used to assess C. albicans adhesion. A profilometer and Vickers hardness test were used to measure surface roughness and hardness respectively. …”
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