The CSM Indentation Testers are high precision instruments used for the determination of mechanical properties of thin films, coatings and substrates. Properties such as hardness and elastic modulus can be determined on almost any type of material: soft, hard, brittle or ductile.
The operating principle is as follows: an indenter tip, normal to the sample surface, is driven into the sample by applying an increasing load up to a predefined value. The load is then decreased until partial or complete relaxation of the material occurs. The resultant load-depth curve is then used to calculate mechanical properties such as hardness and elastic modulus.
Indentation theory (pdf file).
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The Micro-Hardness Tester is ideally suited to the measurement of thin hard coatings, thick soft coatings and bulk materials. It provides accurate and reproducible values for the hardness and elastic modul us of a material.
The Micro-Hardness Tester can be used for bulk materials and coating s su ch as PVD and CVD hard coating and ceramic surface layers.
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The Nano-Hardness Tester(s) is specially suited to load and penetration depth measurements at nanometer length scales. The Nano-Hardness Tester(s) can be used in the analysis of organic and inorganic soft and hard coatings. Examples are thin and multilayer PVD, CVD, PECVD, photoresist, paints lacquers, and many other types of films, covering optical, micro- electronic, protective, decorative and other applications. Substrates can be hard or soft, including metal alloys, semiconductors, glass, refractive and organic materials.
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The Ultra Nano Hardness Tester is the highest accurate Nano Hardness Tester on the market.
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