Hardness measurements for high-pressure prepared TaB and nano-TaC ceramics

The Vickers hardness of the bulk TaB and nano-TaC ceramics sintered at high pressure and high temperature were measured by using a diamond indentation method. Our tests gave a maximum Vickers hardness of 13.9 GPa for TaB, and 19.2 GPa for nano-TaC ceramics under a load of 29.4 N. The hardness of nan...

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Main Authors: Haihua Chen, Hao Liang, Lingxiao Liu, Huishan Li, Kui Liu, Fang Peng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:Results in Physics
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211379717316509