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Quantitative Hardness Measurement by Instrumented AFM-indentation

Quantitative Hardness Measurement by Instrumented AFM-indentation

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November 22, 2016

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10.3791/54706-v

DOI:
10.3791/54706-v

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08:21 min
November 22, 2016

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1School of Energy, Materials and Chemical Engineering,KoreaTech, Korea University of Technology and Education

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This experimental protocol describes how atomic force microscopy can be used to measure hardness at the true nanometer scale and to detect single atomistic plasticity events.

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Caron, A. Quantitative Hardness Measurement by Instrumented AFM-indentation. J. Vis. Exp. (117), e54706, doi:10.3791/54706 (2016).

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