S. Otani et al., HIGH-TEMPERATURE MICROHARDNESS OF ZR-DOPED, SC-DOPED AND AL-DOPED RUTILE CRYSTALS, Journal of alloys and compounds, 216(1), 1994, pp. 17-19
Vickers microhardness of Zr-, Sc- and Al-doped rutile crystals were me
asured from room temperature to 900 degrees C. In the high temperature
range where the crystal quality is influenced, the doped crystals had
a hardness of more than 10% higher than that of the undoped crystal.
The crystal quality was found to be improved by solid solution hardeni
ng.