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Chapter VIII Micro-hardness studies…<br />

Figures (8.11a -8.11c) are plots of variation of fracture toughness with<br />

applied load. From figures (8.11a -8.11c) one can observe that as the load<br />

increases from 0.5 to 0.8 N the fracture toughness of various crystalline<br />

samples decreases rapidly. The fracture toughness of various amino acids<br />

doped KDP crystals progressively decrease as the doping concentration<br />

increases. This indicates that the doping of amino acid into KDP reduces the<br />

fracture toughness of crystals. It is also observed that for higher concentration<br />

of amino acids the fracture toughness slightly increases on increasing load in<br />

the region of 0.3 to 0.5 N.<br />

Shaskol’skaya et al [109] and Guin et al [110] have analyzed the data<br />

by the Evans model with E = 38.7 GPa and the values of Kc was obtained as<br />

0.24 ± 0.04 MPa.m 1/2 at 200 g load, whereas, the Anstis model gave the Kc as<br />

0.17 ± 0.03 MPa.m 1/2 for the same load. However, Anstis model predictions<br />

are in agreement with reported values by Marion [111]. Comparing the models<br />

by Evans [115] and Anstis et al [116], both results were based on using<br />

young’s modulus E = 38.7 GPa. It was observed that the Evans model<br />

predicted fracture toughness that was a factor 1.2 to 1.45 times higher than<br />

the predictions of the Anstis model; however both models gave the same<br />

qualitative ranking of the data. In the present study the values of fracture<br />

toughness corresponds to the Evan’s Model/ Anstis Model for pure KDP<br />

crystals. The effect of amino acid doping in KDP decreases the fracture<br />

toughness values for particular load.<br />

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