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Abstract

If a rigid sharp indenter penetrates into a flat surface of tested specimen under the load P it leaves a residual surface impression. A convenient measure of the material hardness may then be obtained as the ratio

$$ HM = \frac{P}{{{S_0}}} $$
(1)

and

$$ H = \frac{P}{S} $$
(2)

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Milman, Y.V. (1999). Physics of Hardness of High-Melting Compounds. In: Gogotsi, Y.G., Andrievski, R.A. (eds) Materials Science of Carbides, Nitrides and Borides. NATO Science Series, vol 68. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4562-6_18

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