Load dependence of the apparent hardness of silicon nitride in a wide range of loads

Materials Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 58-61

  Gong, Jianghong ^a   Wu, Jianjun ^b   Guan, Zhenduo ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ceramics; Hardness; Indentation; Indentation size effect; Mullite; Si3N4; Silicon nitride

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; HARDNESS; HARDNESS TESTING;

INDENTATION TESTS;

SILICON NITRIDE;

EID: 0032051065     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-577X(97)00234-6     Document Type: Article

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