Nv. Novikov et al., MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES OF DIAMOND AND CUBIC BN AT DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES AND DEFORMATION RATES, DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS, 2(9), 1993, pp. 1253-1256
Hardness test results are given for natural diamond single crystals an
d polycrystalline BN of 0.5 and 5 mum grain size under static (4 N s-1
) and dynamic (30 MN s-1) deformation in the temperature range 20-1200
-degrees-C. A variation in the hardness with temperature, loading rate
and grain size is shown. Possible mechanisms of indentation of single
crystals and polycrystals are studied.