We evaluate Vickers hardness and true instrumented indentation test (IIT) hardness of 24 metals over a wide range of mechanical properties using just IIT parameters by taking into account the real contact morphology beneath the Vickers indenter. Correlating the conventional Vickers hardness, indentation contact morphology, and IIT parameters for the 24 metals reveals relationships between conta...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the Vickers surface micro-hardness and the depth of cure of two bulk-fill resin composites and one incremental-fill resin composite. MATERIAL AND METHODS Two Bulk-fill dental resin composites (X-tra Fil, Voco; Sonic-FillTM 2, Kerr Corporation) and an incremental-fill dental resin composite (Filtek™ Z250 XT, 3M ESPE) were used. Sixty cylindrical...

Poly methyl methacrylate (PMMA) is one of the most widely accepted biomaterial in prosthetic dentistry due to its acceptable advantages. However the conventional PMMA used are far from being ideal because of their inferior mechanical properties. So the present study is to determine the Vickers Hardness and specific wear rate of the silane treated E glass fiber reinforced PMMA. Vickers Hardness ...

Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) was applied to the analysis of bioceramic samples. The relationship between sample hardness and LIBS plasma properties was investigated, with comparison to conventional Vickers hardness measurements. The plasma excitation temperature Te was determined using the lineto-continuum ratio for the Si (I) 288.16 nm emission line; we have demonstrated a linea...

Particle effects on friction and wear of 6061 aluminium (6061 AI) reinforced with silicon carbide (SIC) and alumina (AI203) particles were investigated by means of Vickers microhardness measurements and scratch tests. Unreinforced 6061 AI matrix alloy was also studied for comparison. To explore the effect of heat treatment, materials subjected to three different heat treatment conditions, i.e. ...

− The authors numerically discuss the accuracy of the hardness values of standard hardness blocks by evaluating the uniformity of hardness blocks and the resolution of hardness values according to test method. As a result of reviewing the results of this evaluation and the reasonability of the currently proposed method for evaluating the uncertainty of hardness values, it is revealed that the v...

Our purpose in this study was to determine the microhardness of superficial and deep dentin by means of two indentation methods (Knoop and Vickers) under two different applied loads. Twelve dentin discs approximately 2-mm thick were obtained from both superficial and deep dentin by transversally sectioning the crowns of sound, extracted human third molars with a diamond blade under water irriga...

 The Vickers hardness test can cover an extensive range of test loads from several gram-force (gf) to 100 kilogram-force (kgf) with a single hardness scale. It is one of the most reliable strength tests because the simplicity of the testing theory and the indenter shape minimizes variances among hardness values obtained. The most vulnerable aspect of the Vickers method is an error when measuri...

Mechanical hardness testing is fundamental in the evaluation of the mechanical properties of metallic materials due to the fact that the hardness values allow one to determine the wear resistance of the material involved, as well as the approximate values of its ductility, flow tension, among a number of other key characteristics. As a result, the main objective of the present work has been the...