Introducing force traceability to nanoindentation measurements

• Authors: ŠLESINGER Radek; CHARVÁTOVÁ CAMPBELL Anna; BURŠÍKOVÁ Vilma
• Year of publication: 2021
• Type: Article in Proceedings
• Conference: NANOCON 2020: 12th International Conference on Nanomaterials - Research & Application
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Web: https://doi.org/10.37904/nanocon.2020.3774
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.37904/nanocon.2020.3774
• Keywords: Nanoindentation; traceability; force calibration; indentation modulus; hardness
• Description: We present a simple and portable setup for basic characterization of force sensors in nanoindentation instruments. The device can provide traceability to mass standards in the milli- and centinewton range. We present its use with a real nanoindentation instrument. Motivated by the result, we conduct a small computational study to demonstrate the effect of sensor measurement error on material properties quantified from nanoindentation measurements.

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