LOAD DEPENDENCE OF THE APPARENT HARDNESS OF SILICON-NITRIDE IN A WIDE-RANGE OF LOADS

Authors
GONG JH WU JJ GUAN ZD
Citation
Jh. Gong et al., LOAD DEPENDENCE OF THE APPARENT HARDNESS OF SILICON-NITRIDE IN A WIDE-RANGE OF LOADS, Materials letters, 35(1-2), 1998, pp. 58-61
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science","Physics, Applied
Journal title
Materials letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
0167577X
Volume
35
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
58 - 61
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-577X(1998)35:1-2<58:LDOTAH>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
The load dependence of the apparent hardness of Si3N4 ceramics is inve stigated in a wide range of applied loads. It is found that the propor tional specimen resistance (PSR) model proposed by Li and Bradt is not suitable for describing the experimental data. A new semi-empirical e quation is proposed to correlate the indentation size to the applied t est load. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.