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Size effects in the hardness of fcc metals on micro- and nanoscales

Yu.I. Golovin, V. M. Vasyukov, V. V. Korenkov, R. A. Stolyarov, A. V. Shuklinov, L. E. Polyakov

Research Institute "Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials", Tambov State University

Abstract: The size effects in the hardness of three fcc metals, namely, Ni, Cu, and Al, are studied by micro- and nanoindentation, and the boundaries of regions with size effects of various types and the characters of these effects are determined.

Received: 05.08.2010

 English version: Technical Physics, 2011, 56:5, 642–645

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