Deterioration mechanism and hardness degradation for GFRP bars used in marine concrete structures by Yaocheng Wang, Zihan Xiong, Xin Wang, Dingkun Liu, Yu Jin, Yingwu Zhou, Weiwen Li, Baojian Zhan

“…Meanwhile, Vickers hardness of the resin with age can be divided into three stages: linear decline stage, linear rise stage, and stabilization stage. …”
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Synthesis and Thermal Oxidation Resistance of Boron-Rich Boron–Carbide Material by Seth Iwan, Wesley Sutton, Paul A. Baker, Raimundas Sereika, Yogesh K. Vohra

“…This high-pressure, high-temperature synthesized material was recovered and characterized by X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, Vickers hardness measurements, and thermal oxidation studies. …”
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Sn Content Effects on Microstructure, Mechanical Properties and Tribological Behavior of Biomedical Ti-Nb-Sn Alloys Fabricated by Powder Metallurgy by Fangxia Xie, Hao Yang, Jiabing Huang, Jinghu Yu, Xueming He

“…The addition of Sn initially reduced the Vickers hardness, compressive strength, and maximum strain. …”
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Properties of Cold Sprayed Titanium and Titanium Alloy Coatings after Laser Surface Treatment by Rafał Zybała, Bartosz Bucholc, Kamil Kaszyca, Krystian Kowiorski, Dominika Soboń, Wojciech Żórawski, Dorota Moszczyńska, Rafał Molak, Zbigniew Pakieła

“…Investigations were also performed on Vickers hardness, contact angle, and surface roughness. …”
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Lithium Metal Penetration Induced by Electrodeposition through Solid Electrolytes: Example in Single-Crystal Li[subscript 6]La[subscript 3]ZrTaO[subscript 12] Garnet by Swamy, Tushar, Park, Richard J.-Y., Sheldon, Brian W., Rettenwander, Daniel, Porz, Lukas, Berendts, Stefan, Uecker, Reinhard, Carter, W Craig, Chiang, Yet-Ming

“…In single crystals, grain boundaries are excluded as paths for lithium metal propagation. Vickers microindentation was used to introduce surface flaws of known size. …”
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Process optimization of directed energy deposition for 316L/TiB2 by Ang, Yao Ting

“…However, Vickers hardness of the deposited 316L/TiB2 was found to have no significant difference from DED of pure 316L in other literature. …”
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Flash sintering of silicon carbide with boron and carbon sintering aids by Gibson, AR

“…The inclusion of carbon additions in the furnace tube during sintering significantly increased the Vickers hardness of silicon carbide: 27.8 GPa ± 0.4 GPa. …”

Indentation creep and anisotropy in magnesium oxide and germanium by Everitt, N, Everitt, Nicola Mary

“…However a region of no indentation creep was exhibited between 750°C and 1050°C for both Vickers and Knoop indentations. This has not been reported in previous studies. …”

Protein-ligand interactions of arylamine N-acetyltransferase from Mycobacterium smegmatis by Brooke, E

“…Similarly, ninety-six aminothiazoles were synthesised by Dr. Vickers and were uncompetitive inhibitors of MSNAT with a minimum IC₅₀ of 1.5μM. …”

Effect of microwave sintering on the properties of copper oxide doped Y-TZP ceramics by Ramesh, Singh, Sara Lee, K.Y., Tan, Chou Yong, Wong, Yew Hoong, Alengaram, Ubagaram Johnson, Tarlochan, Faris, Ramesh, Subramaniam, Teng, W.D., Sutharsini, U., Sarhan, Ahmed Aly Diaa Mohammed

“…The results showed that significant enhancement in the relative density and Vickers hardness were observed for the undoped Y-TZP when MW-sintered between 1100 °C and 1250 °C. …”

Effect of mouthrinses on surface microhardness of selected dental composites by Ahmad, A., Abu Kasim, N.H.

“…Microhardness was recorded before immersion (control group) using a load of 200g for 15 seconds using Vickers microhardness tester, (Shimadzu Corp, Kyoto, Japan). …”
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Effect of heat treatment on microhardness of electroless Ni-YSZ cermet coating by Baba, N. Bahiyah, Ghazali, A. S., Abdul Rahman, A. H., Sharif, S.

“…The microhardness measurements were carried out using a Vickers microhardness tester (Shimadzu) according to ISO 6507-4. …”

Synthesis crystallization kinetic and optical properties of europium doped tellurite nano-glass by Sazali, Ezza Syuhada

“…The density was found to be in the range of 5.234 to 5.334 g cm-3 while the Vickers microhardness was found to vary from 2.59 to 2.84 GPa depending on the dopant concentration. …”
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Ferramenta computacional para análise de imagens de ensaios mecânicos de dureza by Pedro P. Rebouças Filho

“…Este artigo apresenta uma ferramenta computacional capaz de determinar as durezas Brinell e Vickers a partir de imagens de identações. A referida ferramenta integra algoritmos de processamento e análise de imagem, como crescimento de regiões e contornos ativos (snakes). …”
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Modelling of the hardness of electroplated nickel coatings on copper substrates by Tuck, J, Korsunsky, A, Davidson, R, Bull, S, Elliott, D

“…The hardness values were determined experimentally using a combination of conventional Vickers testing and microhardness measurements. The results were analysed using the work-of-indentation model for the hardness of coated systems, which was originally proposed and applied by the authors to the study of hard ceramic layers on steel substrates. …”

Yardstick competition, privatization and company restructuring by Paulo Coutinho, César Mattos

“…We extend the framework introduced by Armstrong, Cowan and Vickers (1994) from 2 companies to n. The authors show that welfare increases when separating the company in two areas with two different owners compared to a monopoly. …”
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Analysis of the Materials Used in Some Rapid Prototyping Technologies, from the Point of View of Microhardness and Surface Quality by Beatrice TUDOR, Claudiu GRIGORAS

“…Microhardness determinations were made for both materials, with Micro-Vickers HDT-VS1D INSIZE digital automatic hardness tester, and the surface of the samples was analysed, from a qualitative point of view, with the optical microscope, OLYMPUS BX51M.…”
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Pengaruh Ball Peening terhadap Kekerasan Baja Tahan Karat AISI 316L by Teguh Dwi Widodo, Rudianto Raharjo

“…In this research ball peening process was performed at three different nozzle pressure (6, 7, and 8 bar) for 5 minutes. Vickers Micro Hardness Tester and Digital Optical Microscope was used to characterize the samples hardness and grains structure respectively. …”
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Effect of Zirconia Addition on Some Physical and Mechanical Properties of Porcelain by Mohammed Al-Taie, Fadhel Jiyad, Hussein Jaber

“…We studied effect of zirconia addition on some physical propertiesas (Linear shrinkage, bulk density, apparent porosity and water absorption)and mechanical properties as (Vickers hardness and indirect tensile strength).The results shown that the zirconia addition in a percentage not increase(10%) have been enhanced the physical and mechanical properties ofporcelain samples especially in indirect tensile strength.…”
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Low Temperature Sintering of Aluminum-Zircon Metal Matrix Composite Prepared by Spark Plasma Sintering by Ehsan Ghasali, Hossein Nouranian, Ali Rahbari, Houdsa Majidian, Masoud Alizadeh, Touradj Ebadzadeh

“…The bending strength of 284±21 MPa and microhardness of 171±14 Vickers were determined for produced composite. XRD investigations proved that almost no decomposition of zircon particles as reinforcement occurred. …”
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