Effect of ECAP Route Type on the Microstructural Evolution, Crystallographic Texture, Electrochemical Behavior and Mechanical Properties of ZK30 Biodegradable Magnesium Alloy by Abdulrahman I. Alateyah, Majed O. Alawad, Talal A. Aljohani, Waleed H. El-Garaihy

“…Corrosion measurements were conducted in ringer lactate which is a simulated body fluid. The Vickers microhardness test and tensile tests were conducted for the alloy before and after processing. …”
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Phase Stability and Slag-Induced Destabilization in MnO₂ and CeO₂-Doped Calcia-Stabilized Zirconia by Hwanseok Lee, Hee-Seon Lee, Seonghoon Kim, Kanghee Jo, Ilguk Jo, Heesoo Lee

“…The monoclinic phase decreased as the doping amount increased, but the Vickers hardness and flexural strength showed a decreasing trend due to the low relative density. …”
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Preparation and properties of HfB2-HfC and HfB2-HfC-MoB composites by reactive spark plasma sintering by Yangshuo Bai, Weixia Shen, Chao Fang, Liangchao Chen, Qianqian Wang, Biao Wan, Xiaopeng Jia, Yuewen Zhang, Zhuangfei Zhang

“…However, after molybdenum was added, the Vickers hardness of the ternary HfB2-HfC-MoB composite increased to 19.4 GPa but its fracture toughness decreased slightly to 6.1 MPa·m1/2. …”
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Effects of ageing heat treatment temperature on the properties of DMLS additive manufactured 17-4PH steel by Aleksander Świetlicki, Mariusz Wlaczak, Mirosław Szala, Marcin Turek, Dariusz Chocyk

“…Mechanical parameters were determined via Vickers hardness testing and the Oliver-Pharr method. …”
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Effect of Adding Silver-Doped Carbon Nanotube Fillers to Heat-Cured Acrylic Denture Base on Impact Strength, Microhardness, and Antimicrobial Activity: A Preliminary Study by Abdulaziz Alhotan, Rasha M. Abdelraouf, Sabry A. El-Korashy, Nawaf Labban, Hanan Alotaibi, Jukka P. Matinlinna, Tamer M. Hamdy

“…The impact strength, microhardness and anticandidal activity for each group were assessed via the Charpy, Vickers and agar diffusion tests, respectively (<i>n</i> = 10/test for each subgroup). …”
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Effect of Heat Treatment on the Electrochemical Behavior of AA2055 and AA2024 Alloys for Aeronautical Applications by Heriberto Rivera-Cerezo, Citlalli Gaona-Tiburcio, Jose Cabral-Miramontes, Raúl Germán Bautista-Margulis, Demetrio Nieves-Mendoza, Erick Maldonado-Bandala, Francisco Estupiñán-López, Facundo Almeraya-Calderón

“…The microstructure and mechanical properties of the alloys were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and the Vickers microhardness test (HV). The results demonstrated better mechanical properties of the AA2055 alloy, which had a Vickers hardness of 77, 174, and 199 in the heat treatments T0, T6, and T8, respectively. …”
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Characterization of a barium–calcium–aluminosilicate glass/fiber glass composite seal for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells by Peyman Safarzadeh Kermani, Mojtaba Ghatee, John Thomas Sirr Irvine

“…Mechanical properties are investigated by Vickers micro-hardness, nano-indentation and compression tests. …”
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The Effect of ECAP Processing Conditions on Microstructural Evolution and Mechanical Properties of Pure Magnesium—Experimental, Mathematical Empirical and Response Surface Approach... by Abdulrahman I. Alateyah, Waleed H. El-Garaihy, Majed O. Alawad, Samar El Sanabary, Sally Elkatatny, Hany A. Dahish, Hanan Kouta

“…In this study, a quantitative evaluation approach was used to investigate how certain ECAP processing parameters affect the microstructural evolution, Vicker’s microhardness values and tensile properties of pure Mg. …”
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Effect of Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Content on the Properties of Ni-Cu-P-PTFE Composite Coatings by Xinghua Liang, Penggui Wu, Lingxiao Lan, Yujiang Wang, Yujuan Ning, Yu Wang, Yunmei Qin

“…The surface morphology, elemental content distribution, phase composition, surface roughness, Vickers hardness, corrosion current density, and corrosion potential of the composite coatings were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), three-dimensional profile, Vickers hardness, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and Tafel curve test methods. …”
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The anti-cariogenic effect of fluoride iontophoresis on sound enamel under different working conditions: an in vitro study by Jingjie Dong, Yinglan Zhu, Hao Feng

“…After 7 days of pH-cycling, morphology changes on enamel surfaces were examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and Vickers surface microhardness (VH) values of enamel blocks before and after treatments were assessed using a Vickers microhardness tester. …”
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Physical and mechanical properties of hot-press sintering ternary CM2A8 (CaMg2Al16O27) and C2M2A14 (Ca2Mg2Al28O46) ceramics by Bin Li, Guangqi Li, Haiyang Chen, Junhong Chen, Xinmei Hou, Yong Li

“…For CM2A8 ceramic, the flexural strength is 248 MPa, the fracture toughness is 2.17 MPa·m1/2, and the Vickers hardness is 12.26 GPa. For C2M2A14 ceramic, the flexural strength is 262 MPa, the fracture toughness is 2.23 MPa·m1/2, and the Vickers hardness is 12.95 GPa.…”
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The Effect of Three Desensitizing Toothpastes on Dentinal Tubules Occlusion and on Dentin Hardness by Emilia Bologa, Simona Stoleriu, Irina Nica, Ionuț Tărăboanță, Andrei Georgescu, Ruxandra Ilinca Matei, Sorin Andrian

“…All of the samples were evaluated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX), and Vickers dentin hardness determination. On SEM images, the degree of dentinal tubule occlusion was assessed using a five-grade scale. …”
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Phase Formation and Stabilization Behavior of Ca-PSZ by Post-Heat Treatment II: CaO<i>x</i>-ZrO₂(1 − <i>x</i>) (<i>x</i> = 5–10 mol%) by Hyunjo Yoo, Juyoung Kim, Hwanseok Lee, Ilguk Jo, Heesoo Lee

“…The post-heat treatment resulted in further increases in these values as the CaO content increased from 5CSZ to 9CSZ; however, the Vickers hardness and flexural strength of 10CSZ decreased by approximately 8% and 9%, respectively. …”
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Effect of Oxidation Process on Mechanical and Tribological Behaviour of Titanium Grade 5 Alloy by Abdulsalam Saier, Ismail Esen, Hayrettin Ahlatci, Esma Keskin

“…The Vickers microhardness value of the oxidised sample was 528 ± 1.74 HV1, as a 50% increase was noted. …”
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Fabrication and characterisation of flowable composite incorporated with nanohybrid silica extracted from rice husk by Yusoff, Mohd Nazrulhuzaimi Md

“…No significant differences were detected between the Vickers hardness of all the experimental flowable composites with Revolution Formula 2 and also between EF50B and Tetric N-Flow. …”
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Surface Characterization of TiNi Deformed by High-pressure Torsion by Awang Shri, Dayangku Noorfazidah, Tsuchiya, Koichi, Yamamoto, Akiko

“…X-ray diffraction and micro-Vickers tests were used to check the phase changes and hardness before and after HPT. …”
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Growth, Surface Morphology and Mechanical Properties of Potassium Hydrogen Sulphate Single Crystals for Antimicrobial and Third-Order NLO Applications by K. Thilaga, P. Selvarajan, S.M. Abdul Kader

“…The SEM analysis shows the formation of tiny hillocks in the KHS crystal. Vickers microhardness test was utilized for testing the mechanical hardness of the grown KHS crystals. …”
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The Influence of Age Hardening and Shot Peening on the Surface Properties of 7075 Aluminium Alloy by Sebastjan Žagar, Boštjan Markoli, Iztok Naglič, Roman Šturm

“…The mechanical properties were determined by measuring Vickers microhardness profiles and residual stress profiles, while the amount of alloying elements present in the solid solution of the samples under different heat treatment conditions was determined by measuring the electrical conductivity. …”
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Correlation analysis of combined layers in multiplex networks based on entropy. by Dan Wang, Feng Tian, Daijun Wei

“…In addition, the validity and applicability of the proposed method were verified by conducting trials on four sets of real multiplex network data, which included the multiplex social network of a research department at Aarhus, tailor shop multiplex network, C. elegans multiplex network, and the network collected by Vickers from 29 seventh grade students in a school in Victoria.…”
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Effect of MgAl2O4 Particles on Characterization of Y2O3– ZrO2 System by Shihab A. Zaidan, Sadeer M. Majeed

“…Additionally there are pellet without reinforced and with spinel (MgAl2O4) particles, then sintering at temperatures 1550 ºC for 2 h.The density and the apparent porosity of the sintered pellet were measured by the Archimedes drainage method, the microstructure features and the phase identification were examined using SEM and XRD; and the mechanical properties such as hardness and toughness were determined using Vickers indentations.…”
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