Title: MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FERROELECTRIC CERAMIC NANOCOMPOSITES
Abstract: The micro- and nano-indentation techniques and compression tests were employed to determine the mechanical properties of PZT based composites dispersed with Al 2 O 3 nano-particles for comparison. Compared with the reduced modulus, the nano-hardness, which exhibited indentation size effect (ISE), seemed to be more sensitive to the indentation depth. The true hardness values were deduced, based on the modified proportional specimen resistance (PSR) model, from the depth sensing machine and micro-indenter. Both the micro- and nano-hardness of the nano-composites confirmed that the hardness was best improved by addition of 0.5wt% of Al 2 O 3 .
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-08-01
Language: en
Type: article
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