Fe-Al Diffusion Bonding: Effect of reaction time on the interlayer thickness / Asmawi Ismail...[et al.] by Ismail, Asmawi, Hussain, Patthi, Mustapha, Mazli, Nuruddin, Muhd Fadhil

“…Hardness along the bonding line was measured using a micro-Vickers hardness tester. Diffusion of aluminium and iron was observed on both parent metals at the interfacial zone using scanning electron microscope (SEM) with energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). …”
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On the hardness of coated systems by Korsunsky, A, McGurk, MR, Bull, S, Page, T

“…The hardness of a number of coated systems has been measured using a variety of experimental techniques ranging from traditional macro-Vickers indentation to ultra-low-load depth-sensing nanoindentation. …”

Transient liquid phase spark plasma sintering of B4C-based ceramics using Ti-Al intermetallics as sintering aid by Ji, W, Todd, RI, Wang, W, Wang, H, Zhang, J, Fu, Z

“….% Ti-Al provide an attractive combination of homogeneous morphology and excellent mechanical properties, including a Vickers hardness of 33.5 ± 0.4 GPa, a flexural strength of 506 ± 16 MPa and a fracture toughness of 5.5 ± 0.1 MPa m0.5.…”

Structural characterisation and mechanical properties of nanocomposite Al-based alloys by Audebert, F, Prima, F, Galano, M, Tomut, M, Warren, P, Stone, I, Cantor, B

“…Tensile tests, fractographic analysis and Vickers microhardness at room temperature were performed in order to evaluate the mechanical behaviour. …”

3D studies of indentation by combined X-ray tomography and digital volume correlation by Mostafavi, M, Vertyagina, Y, Reinhard, C, Bradley, R, Jiang, X, Galano, M, Marrow, J

“…In alumina, radial cracking is observed beneath a Vickers indentation and the crack opening displacements are measured, in situ under load, for the first time. …”

Fabrication and properties of dense ex situ magnesium diboride bulk material synthesized using spark plasma sintering by Dancer, C, Prabhakaran, D, Basoglu, M, Yanmaz, E, Yan, H, Reece, M, Todd, R, Grovenor, C

“…The microstructure was characterized using x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, polarized optical microscopy, Vickers hardness measurements, and density measurements using the Archimedes method. …”

Effect of ZrO2 on the structure, hardness and humidity sensing properties of TiO2-ZrO2 / Siti Nurul Shahmimie Sulaiman by Sulaiman, Siti Nurul Shahmimie

“…Analysis on the hardness properties has been carried out using Vickers hardness and bulk density method. It shows that hardness of samples do not affected by the bulk density. …”
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The effect of sintering ramp rate on the sinterability of forsterite ceramics by Teh, Y.C., Tan, C.Y., Ramesh, S., Chin, K.M.C., Tan, Y.M., Yap, B.K., Aimiriyan, M.

“…A high fracture toughness of similar to 4.9 MPam(1/2) and Vickers hardness of similar to 7.1 GPa were obtained for forsterite samples sintered at 1400 degrees C with a ramp rate of 10 degrees C per minute.…”

Properties of magnesium doped nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite synthesize by mechanochemical method by Adzila, S., Ramesh, S., Sopyan, I.

“…The properties were investigated in terms of phase stability, bulk density and Vickers hardness. In the present research, a dry mechanochemical synthesis was successfully employed to synthesis a nanocrystalline MgHA powder without any secondary phases. …”

Enhancing the mechanical properties and formability of low carbon steel with dual-phase microstructures by Habibi, Mostafa, Hashemi, Ramin, Sadeghi, Ehsan, Fazaeli, A., Ghazanfari, A., Lashini, Hadi

“…By producing this DP microstructure, the mechanical properties of the investigated steel such as yield stress, tensile strength, and Vickers hardness were increased 14, 55, and 38%, respectively. …”
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Properties of magnesium doped nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite synthesize by mechanochemical method by S., Adzila, S., Ramesh, I., Sopyan

“…The properties were investigated in terms of phase stability, bulk density and Vickers hardness. In the present research, a dry mechanochemical synthesis was successfully employed to synthesis a nanocrystalline MgHA powder without any secondary phases. …”
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Physical properties of cullet-clay glass ceramic containing titanium nitride by Syed Yaacob, S. N., Mohd. Noor, F., Sahar, M. R., Sayadi, S. H., Sazali, E. S., Aziz, Siti Maisarah

“…Meanwhile, the physical properties such as density have been determined using the Archimedes Principle and their mechanical characteristic such as Vickers hardness and Young's Modulus has been determined in a usual manner. …”

Physical properties of cullet-clay glass ceramic containing titanium nitride by Syed Yaacob, S. N., Mohd. Noor, F., Sahar, M. R., Sayadi, S. H., Sazali, E. S., Aziz, Siti Maisarah

“…Meanwhile, the physical properties such as density have been determined using the Archimedes Principle and their mechanical characteristic such as Vickers hardness and Young's Modulus has been determined in a usual manner. …”

Premature failure analysis of forged cold back-up roll in a continuous tandem mill by Bakhsheshi Rad, Hamid Reza, Monshi, Ahmad, Idris, Mohd. Hasbullah, Abdul Kadir, Mohammed Rafiq, Jafari, Hassan

“…Microstructural evolutions of the spalled specimen and surface of the roll were characterized by optical microscopy, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and ferritscopy, while hardness value of the specimen was measured by Vickers hardness testing. The results revealed that the presence of pore and MnS inclusion with spherical and oval morphologies were the main contributing factors responsible for the poor life of the back-up roll. …”

Investigation on electroless Cu-P-micro/nanoSiC composite coatings by Faraji, Soheila, Faraji, Amir Hossein, Noori, Seyed Reza, Ani, Farid Nasir

“…Mechanical properties of coatings were studied by Vickers hardness and wear testers. Cu-P/nano-SiC composite coating showed higher microhardness and better antiwear performance than microsize SiC composite coatings. …”

Effect of pressure on structure and properties of lost foam casting of al-11si cast alloy by Niakan, Aliasghar, Idris, Mohd. Hanafi, Karimian, Majid, Ourdjini, Ali

“…The eutectic silicon spacing and particle roundness were measured using optical microscope which was equipped with image analyzer by averaging of at least ten results as well as Vickers hardness testing machine. For casting integrity-geometry all surfaces of solidified castings were captured by digital camera for better observation. …”

The influence of the surface roughness on the microstructures and mechanical properties of 6061 aluminium alloy using friction stir welding by Dawood, Hasan I., Mohammed, Kahtan S., Rahmat, Azmi, Uday, M. B.

“…However, an improvement of the Vickers microhardness in the heat affected zone (HAZ) was also observed. …”

Physical and electrical properties of cullet-paper ash-kaolin clay ceramic by Samah, K. A., Sahar, M. R., Yusop, M.

“…The ceramic density and hardness has been determined using Archimedes and Vickers hardness method respectively. The dielectric constant and dielectric loss has been determined using impedance analyzer. …”

The physical properties of P2O5-Sm2O 3-MnO2 glass system by Sahar, Md Rahim, Astuti, B., Rohani, M.S.

“…The density of the glass was determined using the Archimedes method while the Vickers hardness was measured using a micro-vicker tester. …”
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Effect of substrate bias voltage on the microstructural and mechanical properties of tin-coated HSS synthesized by capvd technique by Ali, Mubarak, Hamzah, Esah, Mohd Toff, Mohd Radzi

“…By increasing the substrate bias from 0 to - 150 V, the size and amount of macrodroplets decreased, whereas the micro-Vickers hardness decreased from 2530 HV0.05 to 1500 HV0.05. …”