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micro-indentation test [2 records]

Record 1 2002-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Destructive and Non-destructive Tests (Mat.)
  • Metallography
OBS

The Tukon tester ... was designed primarily to make possible hardness testing, using extremely shallow indentations. This permits (a) testing of extremely small dimensional pieces, (b) determination of hardness gradients in superficially hardened surfaces, (c) exploring hardness variations over small areas, and (d) the determination of the hardness of metal constituents. The latter type of testing, as applied to determinations involving various components of microstructure, is referred to as micro-hardness.

OBS

for "micro-indentation testing" : In the broad sense the term micro-indentation is more appropriate than micro-hardness, because this type of testing utilizes minute indentations, whereas the hardness values are not necessarily small.

Key term(s)
  • micro-hardness test
  • micro-indentation test
  • micro hardness testing
  • microhardness test

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Contrôle destructif et non destructif (Matér.)
  • Métallographie
CONT

Du point de vue scientifique, on peut séparer les essais de dureté [...] des essais de microdureté, par le fait que les premiers intéressent un nombre quelquefois très important de grains de métal, alors que les seconds sont destinés en principe à définir les propriétés à l'intérieur des grains soit de la matrice, soit de ses divers constituants.

Key term(s)
  • essai de micro-dureté
  • test de microdureté
  • test de micro-dureté

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Pharmacology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Pharmacologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Procedimientos diagnósticos (Medicina)
  • Farmacología
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