Study Of the Effect of Titanium Additions on The Mechanical and Corrosion Properties of AISI 316 Powder Metallurgical Steel by Luz Adriana Cañas Mendoza, Yaneth Pineda-Triana, Lais Mujica Roncery

“…The corrosion rate was determined by potentiodynamic polarization. Vickers hardness and pin-on-disk wear tests were performed. …”
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Mechanical and Tribological Characterization of a Bioactive Composite Resin by Elsa Reis Carneiro, Ana Sofia Coelho, Inês Amaro, Anabela Baptista Paula, Carlos Miguel Marto, José Saraiva, Manuel Marques Ferreira, Luís Vilhena, Amílcar Ramalho, Eunice Carrilho

“…Twenty specimens of each material were divided into two groups: one control group (<i>n</i> = 10), not subjected to thermocycling, and one test group (<i>n</i> = 10) submitted to thermocycling. The Vickers microhardness test was carried out and surface roughness was evaluated. …”
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Research of Tribological and Thermodynamic Parameters of the WC-Cu Braking System of the Experimental Modular Electric Vehicle by Varecha Daniel, Galik Jan, Kohar Robert, Gajdosik Tomas, Gajdac Igor, Jenis Jozef

“…The microhardness of modified and unmodified coatings according to the Vickers methodology was investigated in the next stage. …”
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Effects of Al and La elements on mechanical properties of CoNiFe0.6Cr0.6 high-entropy alloys: a first-principles study by Xu Wang, Xiaofeng Li, Huiqi Xie, Touwen Fan, Li Zhang, Kaiyang Li, Yuankui Cao, Xiaohui Yang, Bin Liu, Peikang Bai

“…The variation curves of relevant physical parameters, including lattice constants, formation enthalpy, elastic constants, elastic modulus, Poisson's ratio, Pugh's ratio, Cauchy pressure, anisotropy factors, Vickers hardness, yield strength, and energy factor, as a function of Al and La concentration were discussed in detail. …”
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Insight into the role of Sc on microstructure, mechanical properties and high temperature oxidation resistance of NiCoCrAlSiSc alloys by Danhong Li, Junxiu Chen, Changjun Wu, Ya Liu, Xuping Su

“….%) Sc content, as the Sc content increased, there is an increase in the yield strength (σ0.2) of the alloy, a decrease in elongation, a little variation in tensile strength, and an enhancement in Vickers hardness. After cyclic oxidation at 1000°C and 120 h for alloys with different Sc contents, composite oxide films were formed on the surfaces of the alloys, but the properties and microstructure of the oxide films were significantly different. …”
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Comparative Study of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Two TiAl-Based Alloys Reinforced with Carbide Particles by Juraj Lapin, Kateryna Kamyshnykova, Alena Klimova

“…Long-term ageing at 800 °C has no effect on the grain size but leads to the formation of Ti₄Al₃Nb particles and increase in interlamellar spacing. The Vickers hardness, microhardness of lamellar grains, indentation nanohardness, and elastic modulus of the boundary γ phase decrease during ageing. …”
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Effect of Quench Tempering on Hydrogen Embrittlement and Corrosion Behavior of X100 Pipeline Steel by Reza Khatib Zadeh Davani, Mohammad Ali Mohtadi-Bonab, Sandeep Yadav, Ehsan Entezari, Jhon Freddy Aceros Cabezas, Jerzy Szpunar

“…Potentiodynamic polarisation was performed to assess the electrochemical corrosion behavior, while the Charpy impact test and Vickers microhardness measurement were performed to assess the hydrogen embrittlement susceptibility before and after hydrogen charging. …”
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Cold Hydrostatic Sintering: From shaping to 3D printing by Anna Jiang, Daoyao Ke, Ludi Xu, Qiang Xu, Jiang Li, Jiabei Wei, Chunfeng Hu, Salvatore Grasso

“…The resulting material is transparent (in line transmittance exceeding 70% in the visible range) and amorphous. After drying, the Vickers hardness was as high 1.4 GPa which half of materials consolidated at 1200 °C and it is the highest among all materials processed at room temperature. …”
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Evaluation of optimal processing parameters for a Zn-based eutectoid alloy processed by friction-stir welding by Miguel Delgado-Pamanes, Jesús Alvarez-Montufar, Luis Reyes-Osorio, Carlos Garza, Miguel Suárez-Rosales, José Chávez-Alcalá

“…Tensile tests were performed in as-cast and welded samples, detecting a larger value of 280 MPa for as-cast condition. Moreover, Vickers hardness measurements were recorded for different joints and a maximum value of 150 HV was determined. …”
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Bulk Recycling of Ni-Cr-Mo Dental Alloy - A Sustainable Approach by Sumeet Batra, Xitij Detroja, Akash Biradar, Jayaprakash K, Nada Z Mohammed, Rijesh M

“…Furthermore, to confirm the mechanical strength of the recast alloy Vickers microhardness test was conducted. The average microhardness of the base Ni-Cr-Mo alloy was 216 HV, and recasting once does not affect the hardness value. …”
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Evaluating the effect of poly (amidoamine) treated bioactive glass nanoparticle incorporated in universal adhesive on bonding to artificially induced caries affected dentin by Akhil C. Rao, Vijay Venkatesh Kondas, Vidyashree Nandini, Ravi Kirana, Pradeep Kumar Yadalam, Rajalakshmanan Eswaramoorthy

“…The effect of remineralization/hardness and microtensile bond-strength (MTBs) of those samples that mimicked the rheological properties of commercial adhesives were evaluated using Vickers hardness tester and universal testing machine respectively. …”
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Microstructure evolution and aging hardening in a Cu-25Ni-25Mn alloy by Kang Ding, Mingwang Xie, Fuxin Luo, Wenjing Zhang, Huiming Chen, Weibin Xie, Hang Wang, Bin Yang

“…The microstructure evolution and mechanical property of Cu-25Ni-25Mn alloy after solution treatment and aging treatment are investigated via TEM observation, XRD analysis and Vickers hardness test. The effect of the NiMn precipitates on hardness and its strengthening mechanism in the Cu-25Ni-25Mn alloy is quantitatively analyzed. …”
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Influence of Sandblasting Process on Tribological Properties of Titanium Grade 4 in Artificial Saliva for Dentistry Applications by Patrycja Osak, Joanna Maszybrocka, Maciej Zubko, Jan Rak, Sylwia Bogunia, Bożena Łosiewicz

“…The microhardness of Ti G4 was measured before and after sandblasting by the Vickers method. The contact angle was determined by the method of sitting drop in air. …”
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Microstructures and properties of in-situ (ZrB2 + Al2O3)np/AA6111 composites synthesized under magnetic and ultrasonic fields by Chaoyi Xia, Yutao Zhao, Fei Chen, Xizhou Kai, Ran Tao, Zheng Fang, Yue Sun

“…The average size of particles and grain size of (ZrB _2  + Al _2 O _3 ) _np /AA6111 composites were refined to 45 ± 10 nm and 50.4 ± 12 μ m, respectively. The maximum Vickers hardness, tensile strength, yield strength and elongation of the composites synthesized under the optimized magnetic and ultrasonic fields were 142.2 HV, 355.4 MPa, 259.4 MPa and 22.4%, which were 1.34, 1.36, 1.35 and 1.33 times higher than that of AA6111 alloy, respectively.…”
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The effect of process temperature and powder composition on microstructure and mechanical characteristics of low-pressure cold spraying aluminum-based coatings by Oleksandr Shorinov, Anatolii Dolmatov, Sergii Polyviany

“…Mechanical properties of the coatings were characterized through standard test methods for adhesion and cohesion strength, and standard test methods for Vickers hardness of thermal spray coatings. The results demonstrate that with increasing initial gas temperature at spraying nozzle inlet from 300 °C to 600 °C, an increase in the porosity of the coatings of all investigated powder mixtures can be observed. …”
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Effect of Neutron Flux on an Irradiation-Induced Microstructure and Hardening of Reactor Pressure Vessel Steels by Andreas Ulbricht, Mercedes Hernández-Mayoral, Elvira Oñorbe, Auriane Etienne, Bertrand Radiguet, Eric Hirschmann, Andreas Wagner, Hieronymus Hein, Frank Bergner

“…The characteristics of the irradiation-induced nanofeatures and the dominant factors responsible for the observed increase of Vickers hardness are identified. Microstructural changes due to high flux conditions are smaller nm-sized solute atom clusters with almost the same volume fraction and a higher concentration of vacancies and sub-nm vacancy clusters compared to low flux conditions. …”
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Revealing the promising near-room-temperature thermoelectric performance in Ag2Se single crystals by Siqi Lin, Linlin Guo, Xianghu Wang, Yue Liu, Yuying Wu, Rongbin Li, Hezhu Shao, Min Jin

“…A promising peak zT of 0.66 at 375 K and an average zT of 0.65 at 300–375 K were realized in β-Ag2Se crystals. The low Vickers hardness and good ductile properties were confirmed by experiment and theoretical analysis. …”
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Prevention of white spot lesions using three remineralizing agents: An in vitro comparative study by Soodeh Tahmasbi, Seyedezahra Mousavi, Marjan Behroozibakhsh, Mohammadreza Badiee

“…Surface microhardness of samples was measured by Vickers microhardness tester at baseline and after the intervention. …”
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One-Step Microcrystalline Glass Preparation Using Smelting Slag from Waste Automobile Three-Way Catalysts through Iron Collection by Xiaoping Zhu, Yingda Huo, Ruiming Zhao, Hao Wu, Fubao Li, Shuchen Sun, Chuan Liu

“…Under these experimental conditions, the number of crystalline phases of the microcrystalline glass was high, the grains were mainly spherical and columnar particles, the sample structure was dense, and the best results were obtained: the density was 2.72 g/cm³, the water absorption was 1.55%, the porosity was 4.2%, the Vickers hardness was 618 HV, the acid resistance was 2.6%, and the alkali resistance was 0.04%. …”
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Surmounting the thermal processing limits: Patterning TiZrCuPdSn bulk metallic glass even with nanocrystallization by Fei-Fan Cai, Baran Sarac, Zhuo Chen, Caterina Czibula, Florian Spieckermann, Jürgen Eckert

“…Furthermore, after the thermoplastic net-shaping treatment, the Vickers hardness increases by 6% while the corrosion and passivation current density decrease by an order of magnitude. …”
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