MICROHARDNESS AND FRACTURE-TOUGHNESS OF THE (001)PLANE OF LITHIUM TETRABORATE SINGLE-CRYSTALS

Authors
SIZOVA NL LOMONOV VA PISAREVSKII YV
Citation
Nl. Sizova et al., MICROHARDNESS AND FRACTURE-TOUGHNESS OF THE (001)PLANE OF LITHIUM TETRABORATE SINGLE-CRYSTALS, Crystallography reports, 42(2), 1997, pp. 291-293
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Crystallography
Journal title
Crystallography reports → ACNP
ISSN journal
10637745
Volume
42
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
291 - 293
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-7745(1997)42:2<291:MAFOT(>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A microindentation technique was used to determine the temperature dep endence of microhardness and the fracture toughness of the (001) plane of a lithium tetraborate single crystal. The crystal was found to be brittle up to temperatures close to T-m.