Nanoindentation testing , as the name might imply, is a method which is intended to measure the mechanical properties of small volumes and quantities of materials – using an indentation technique which essentially presses a nanoindenter into the material. From the mark, a lot of details about the material can be ascertained. Properties in materials which are measured include the elastic modulus (how much of the material warped around the indentation), the hardness (How much pressure was required to make a mark onto the material), how the material stands up to being fractured (are there any cracks? Chips?), the creep (A creep essentially denotes on a microscopic level, if the material has warped from the process) More intricate properties are observed on a molecular level such as material storage and the loss moduli. Nanoindentation is far more than marking or scratching an object and taking measurements, individual phases of each material are tested in order to ascertain which compon...
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