En route to superhard and 1D conductive carbon allotropes via unusual sp 2–sp 3 bonding configuration by Yujia Wang, Xingyu Wang, Jinyu Liu, Xinxin Zhang, Miao Zhang, Hanyu Liu

“…Further simulations indicate that Vickers hardness of these structures is close to diamond via the increase in sp ^3 building blocks. …”
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Suppression of fatigue crack propagation of duralumin by hybrid peening by Tomoyuki KOKUBUN, Hitoshi SOYAMA

“…The new indicator f(σR’, HV’, Rz’, β’) = σR･HV･β/Rz combined with four factors i.e. compressive residual stress σR, Vickers hardness HV, full-width at half maximum β and maximum height roughness Rz showed the effect of suppression of fatigue crack propagation by peening.…”
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Data analytics approach to predict the hardness of copper matrix composites by Somesh Kr. Bhattacharya, Ryoji Sahara, Dušan Božić, Jovana Ruzic

“…Based on experimental work, we extracted the independent variables (features) like the milling time (MT, Hours), dislocation density (DD, m-2), average particle size (PS, μm), density (ρ, g/cm3), and yield stress (σ, MPa) while the Vickers hardness (MPa) was used as the dependent variable. …”
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Produce solid oxide fuel cell anodes as (BaTiO3)100−x−(MgO)x for clean energy by Abeer Farouk Al-Attar, Hussein Alaa Jaber, Rana A. Anaee

“…The results indicated the significant effect of MgO as dopant by its impact effect on grain size, Vickers hardness (HV), and potentially other properties. …”
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Enhanced Mechanical Properties of Yellow ZrN Ceramic with Addition of Solid Solution of TiN by Zongpeng Wu, Zhen Gao, Jun Zhao, Saisai Li, Qi Hao, Songlin Ran

“…When the content of TiN was 10 vol%, the obtained (Zr, Ti)N composite exhibited the best comprehensive mechanical properties; the Vickers hardness, flexural strength, and fracture toughness were 15.17 GPa, 520 MPa, and 6.03 MPa·m^1/2, respectively. …”
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Deep Learning-Based Hardness Prediction of Novel Refractory High-Entropy Alloys with Experimental Validation by Uttam Bhandari, Congyan Zhang, Congyuan Zeng, Shengmin Guo, Aashish Adhikari, Shizhong Yang

“…This model provides an alternative route to determine the Vickers hardness of RHEAs.…”
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The Effect of Homogenization Heat Treatment on 316L Stainless Steel Cast Billet by Hung-Yang Chu, Ren-Kae Shiue, Sheng-Yuan Cheng

“…A field emission scanning electron microscope, combined with electron back-scattered diffraction, a field emission electron probe microanalyzer with a wavelength dispersive spectrometer, and a Vickers microhardness tester are applied to identify various phase evolutions in the cast billet. …”
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Glass Formation and Properties of Multicomponent Glasses of the As₂Se₃-Ag₂Te-GeTe System by Ina Karadashka, Vladislava Ivanova, Valeri Jordanov, Veronika Karadjova

“…The basic physicochemical parameters, such as density (d) and Vickers microhardness (HV), were measured. Compactness (C), as well as some thermomechanical characteristics, such as module of elasticity (E), volume (V_h), and formation energy (E_h) of micro-voids, were calculated, and the influence of the composition on these characteristics was investigated. …”
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Surface modification toughening of partially stabilized zirconia ceramics: by sub-eutectoid solution annealing by M. El-Sayed Ali, S. El-Houte, Omyma H. Ibrahim, Kolthoum I. Othman, A. A. Hassan

“…The fracture toughness and hardness of the sintered compacts were determined by the Vickers indentation technique. The physical and mechanical properties of MZY were compared to those of MZ9 ceramics prepared under the same conditions. …”
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Influence of Alloying Elements and Solution Heat Treatment on Microstructure and Microhardness of the Ni-Nb-M System (M = Al, Ti, Cr, Fe) by Vinicius C. Ottani, Mariana S. Pereira, Matheus S. T. Arruda, Mariana C. Rossi, Conrado R. M. Afonso

“….%) and investigate the influence of alloy elements and solution heat treating on their microstructure and properties through X-Ray Diffraction, Optical Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy and Vickers Microhardness. Microhardness and microstructures were significantly influenced by the addition of alloying elements. …”
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Synthesis, densification, and cation inversion in high entropy (Co,Cu,Mg,Ni,Zn)Al2O4 spinel by Cole A. Corlett, Nina Obradovic, Jeremy L. Watts, Eric W. Bohannan, William G. Fahrenholtz

“…Densification behavior was investigated and showed that fully dense ceramics could be produced by hot pressing at temperatures as low as 1375°C for all compositions. Vickers’ hardness values were at least 10 GPa for all compositions. …”
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Effect of process parameters on microstructure and microhardness of resistance spot welding in Zr-1%Nb alloy by Hamidreza Adibzadeh, Mohsen Asadi Asadabad, Alireza Alaei

“…In the microhardness investigation of the weld nugget cross section, the Vickers hardness measurement was performed in the direction of the weld nugget diameter on a base metal, HAZ, and weld nugget for the welded specimens with different parameters. …”
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Evolution of the Microstructure of a CuCr1Zr Alloy during Direct Heating by Electric Current by Miroslav Karlík, Petr Haušild, Philippe Pilvin, Denis Carron

“…The mechanical properties were monitored by the Vickers hardness test, and the changes in the grain structure were examined by light metallography. …”
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Surface and micromechanical analysis of polyurethane plates with hydroxyapatite for bone structure by Wenderson da Silva do Amaral, Milton Thélio de Albuquerque Mendes, João Victor Frazão Câmara, Josué Junior Araujo Pierote, Fernando da Silva Reis, José Milton Elias de Matos, Ana Cristina Vasconcelos Fialho, Walter Leal de Moura

“…The surface analysis was performed by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and the mechanical properties by Vickers microhardness and tensile tests. The SEM images showed that the PU surface presented important characteristics for materials intended for bone fixation, such as an irregular and porous surface. …”
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Investigation of Formation Behaviour of Al–Cu Intermetallic Compounds in Al–50vol%Cu Composites Prepared by Spark Plasma Sintering under High Pressure by Dasom Kim, Kyungju Kim, Hansang Kwon

“…The ICs were partially formed along the Al/Cu interfaces at high pressures, and the formation region was related to the direction of applied pressure. The Vickers hardness of the Al–Cu composites with ICs was nearly double those calculated using the rule of mixtures. …”
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INVESTIGATION OF SINGLE-PASS/DOUBLE-PASS TECHNIQUES ON FRICTION STIR WELDING OF ALUMINIUM by N.A.A. Sathari, L.H. Shah, A.R. Razali

“…The specimens were tested by using a tensile test and Vickers hardness test to evaluate their mechanical properties. …”
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Spark plasma sintering of a high-energy ball milled Mg-10 wt% Al alloy by M.U.F. Khan, A. Patil, J. Christudasjustus, T. Borkar, R.K. Gupta

“…The density of the alloy increased with increasing the SPS temperature. Vickers’ hardness and corrosion performance improved up to 300 °C followed by a decrease after SPS at 350 °C. …”
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Mechanical Properties and Bonding Mechanism of the Mg/Al Clad Sheet Manufactured by the Corrugated Roll by Shi Zhao, Yaoqing Hu, Sha Li, Tao Wang

“…The mechanical properties of the corrugated Mg/Al clad sheet were studied using the transverse tensile test, Vickers microhardness and as well as its bending properties. …”
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Structure and mechanical properties of TC4-DT titanium alloy by laser additive joining by GAO Xu, SHEN Shuxin, HE Bei, TANG Haibo

“…The microhardness of the three regions was measured by Vickers hardness tester. The tensile and impact tests of different samples were carried out at room temperature with universal testing machine and pendulum impactor. …”
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Recrystallization of a Ti-45Ni-5Cu cold-worked shape memory alloy characterized by thermoelectric power and electrical properties by Daniel Enrique Soto-Parra, Horacio Flores-Zúñiga, Enrique López Cuéllar, Raul Armando Ochoa-Gamboa, David Ríos-Jara

“…This study was also supported by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and hardness Vickers (HV) measurements. Transformation temperatures show an increase with heat treatment temperature, while hysteresis decreases. …”
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