Systematic hardness measurements on some rare earth garnet crystals

Bulletin of Materials Science

关键词: Microhardness;    rare earth garnets.;   

学科分类：材料工程

来源: Indian Academy of Sciences

【 摘 要 】

Microhardness measurements were undertaken on twelve rare earth garnet crystals. In yttrium aluminium garnet and gadolinium gallium garnet, there was no measurable difference in the hardness values of pure and nominally Nd-doped crystals. The hardness values were correlated with the lattice and elastic constants. An analysis of hardness data in terms of the interatomic binding indicated a high degree of covalency.

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