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The Elastic, Plastic, and Time Dependent Properties of thin Films as Determined by Ultra low Load Indentation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2011

B. N. Lucas  and
W. C. Oliver
B. N. Lucas
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge, TN 37831–6116
W. C. Oliver
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge, TN 37831–6116
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Abstract

Using a highly spatially resolved mechanical properties microprobe, the elastic, plastic and time dependent mechanical properties of sapphire and a 1.9 μm amorphous alumina film on a sapphire substrate have been studied. Young's modulus, hardness, and stress-exponent data are reported. The technique for characterizing time dependent properties via indentation (hardness versus displacement rate/displacement) are directly compared to standard uniaxial compressive techniques (stress vs strain rate) for a bulk Pb-In alloy to further quantify the relationships between the two techniques.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 239: Symposium D – Thin Films: Stresses and Mechanical Properties III , 1991 , 337
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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