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diamond indentor — noun or diamond indenter : an instrument for measuring hardness by the depth of the indentation made by a pyramidal diamond point under a given load … Useful english dictionary
Synthetic diamond — Synthetic diamonds of various colors grown by the high pressure high temperature technique Synthetic diamond is diamond produced in a technological process; as opposed to natural diamond, which is created in geological processes. Synthetic… … Wikipedia
Nanoindentation — is a variety of indentation hardness tests applied to small volumes. Indentation is perhaps the most commonly applied means of testing the mechanical properties of materials. The nanoindentation technique was developed in the mid 1970s to measure … Wikipedia
Ceramography — is the art and science of preparation, examination and evaluation of ceramic microstructures.[1] Ceramography can be thought of as the metallography of ceramics. The microstructure is the structure level of approximately 0.1 to 100 µm, between… … Wikipedia
Indentation hardness — tests are used to determine the hardness of a material to deformation. Several such tests exist, wherein the examined material is indented until an impression is formed; these tests can be performed on a macroscopic or microscopic scale. When… … Wikipedia
Operational definition — The operational definition of a peanut butter sandwich might be simply the result of putting peanut butter on a slice of bread with a butter knife and laying a second equally sized slice of bread on top An operational definition defines something … Wikipedia
Vickers hardness — ▪ mineralogy a measure of the hardness of a material, calculated from the size of an impression produced under load by a pyramid shaped diamond indenter. Devised in the 1920s by engineers at Vickers, Ltd., in the United Kingdom, the diamond … Universalium
Knoop hardness — ▪ mineralogy a measure of the hardness of a material, calculated by measuring the indentation produced by a diamond tip that is pressed onto the surface of a sample. The test was devised in 1939 by F. Knoop and colleagues at the National… … Universalium
Nanoindenter — A nanoindenter A nanoindenter is the main component for indentation hardness tests used in nanoindentation. Since the mid 1970’s nanoindentation has become the primary method for measuring and testing very small volumes of mechanical properties.… … Wikipedia
Vickers hardness test — A Vickers hardness tester The Vickers hardness test was developed in 1924 by Smith and Sandland at Vickers Ltd as an alternative to the Brinell method to measure the hardness of materials.[1] The Vickers test is often easier to use than other… … Wikipedia
