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Chapter VIII Micro-hardness studies…<br />

Table: 8.3 Values of load independent (Hv), the intercept on load axis (W), Standard<br />

2<br />

hardness slope (Pc/d0 ) and intercept (a1) values for pure and amino acid doped KDP<br />

Samples<br />

Pure KDP<br />

Crystal<br />

KDP + 0.3% Lhistidine<br />

KDP + 0.4% Lhistidine<br />

KDP + 0.5% Lhistidine<br />

KDP + 0.3% L-<br />

threonine<br />

KDP + 0.4% L-<br />

threonine<br />

KDP + 0.5% L-<br />

threonine<br />

KDP + 0.3%<br />

DL-methionine<br />

KDP + 0.4%<br />

DL-methionine<br />

KDP + 0.5%<br />

DL-methionine<br />

Load<br />

Independent<br />

Average Hv<br />

(Pa/m 2 )<br />

crystals.<br />

Intercept on<br />

P axis W<br />

(Pa/m 2 )<br />

312<br />

Standard<br />

Hardness Slope<br />

2<br />

Pc/d0<br />

(N/m 2 )<br />

Intercept<br />

a1 (N/m)<br />

1486.9 15.00 385.7 11.29<br />

1474.4 14.82 383.6 11.11<br />

1469.4 14.46 379.6 10.96<br />

1462.8 14.40 373.6 10.89<br />

1480.7 14.80 385.1 11.09<br />

1474.9 14.41 380.1 11.02<br />

1469.2 14.23 371.7 11.01<br />

1479.7 14.76 382.9 11.13<br />

1474.1 14.31 377.7 11.05<br />

1467.9 14.19 370.3 11.02<br />

This leads to a reduction in the value of d upon unloading. This implies that the<br />

values of a are negative when the elastic surface stresses are tensile, which<br />

leads to a relation of these surface stresses introduced by indentation.<br />

8.8 Crack Measurement and Fracture Toughness<br />

Indentation hardness testing has been finding applications in the<br />

scientific investigations of damage processes in highly brittle solids [4]. A<br />

suitably chosen sharp indenter tip concentrates very high levels of stresses,

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