Vickers microindentation of WC-12%Co thermal spray coating Part 2: The between-operator reproducibility limits of microhardness measurement and alternative approaches to quantifying hardness of cemented-carbide thermal spray coatings

Surface and Coatings Technology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-75

  Factor, Michael ^a   Roman, Itzhak ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coatings; Hardness testing; Microhardness; Reproducibility; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDENTATION; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MICROHARDNESS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TUNGSTEN CARBIDE; VICKERS HARDNESS TESTING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEMENTED CARBIDE; MICROHARDNESS MEASUREMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; THERMAL SPRAY COATING; VICKERS MICROINDENTATION;

SPRAYED COATINGS;

COATING; HARDNESS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUNGSTEN CARBIDE-COBALT ALLOY;

EID: 0034292453     PISSN: 02578972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0257-8972(00)00739-8     Document Type: Article

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3. The indentation size effect; - instrumental artifact and averaging error?