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Getting accurate nanoindentation data from time-dependent and microstructural effects of zinc

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International Journal of Materials Research
From the journal International Journal of Materials Research Volume 98 Issue 5

Abstract

The main objective of this study was obtaining accurate data from nanoindentation experiments on zinc. Nanoindentation experiments can be performed under displacement control, load control, or open loop conditions at different loading/unloading rates. All the above control schemes and range of loading rates were used to test pure zinc samples with different surface preparation using a Hysitron Triboindenter fitted with a blunt Berkovich indenter. The results showed that displacement control with a high loading/unloading rate gave the most reliable results. However, because of the anisotropy of zinc and its large grain size the material should be considered as a single crystal on the scale of the impression generated. It has been found that using the feedback control of nanoindentation experiments can give a significant improvement in the results compared to open loop control due to the time-dependent behaviour of zinc. A full factorial design of experiments approach was performed to investigate the optimum combination of the feedback parameters to obtain accurate and reliable data for the hardness and Young's modulus of zinc.

Keywords: Nanoindentation; Zinc; Time-dependent behaviour; Feedback control; Design of experiments
* Correspondence address, Reza Rastegar Tohid, School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, Herschel Building, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK, Tel.: +44 191 222 3635, Fax: +44 191 222 8563, E-mail:

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Received: 2006-10-11
Accepted: 2007-1-14
Published Online: 2013-05-23
Published in Print: 2007-05-01

© 2007, Carl Hanser Verlag, München

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https://doi.org/10.3139/146.101477
Keywords for this article
Nanoindentation; Zinc; Time-dependent behaviour; Feedback control; Design of experiments

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Contents
  2. Contents
  3. Editorial
  4. Editorial
  5. Basic
  6. Getting accurate nanoindentation data from time-dependent and microstructural effects of zinc
  7. Indentation-induced densification of soda-lime silicate glass
  8. Nanomechanical characterization of relaxation processes in As–S chalcogenide glasses
  9. Nanoindentation behavior and mechanical properties measurement of polymeric materials
  10. Model of a superlattice indentation
  11. Nanomechanical studies of MEMS structures
  12. Mechanical properties of nanostructured polymer particles for anisotropic conductive adhesives
  13. Nanomechanical studies of ultrathin polymeric resist films
  14. Testing the viscoelastic properties of SU8 photo resist thin films at different stages of processing by nanoindentation creep and stress relaxation
  15. Microscale characterization of bitumen – back-analysis of viscoelastic properties by means of nanoindentation
  16. Applied
  17. Visco-elastic properties of thin nylon films using multi-cycling nanoindentation
  18. Area function calibration in nanoindentation using the hardness instead of Young's modulus of fused silica as a reference value
  19. Multiscale modelling of nanoindentation
  20. Unusual architecture of the exceedingly tough Macadamia “nut”-shell as revealed by atomic force microscopy and nanomechanics
  21. Notifications
  22. DGM News
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