On the Application of Vickers Micro Hardness Testing to Isotactic Polypropylene

Authors :: Hao Wu
Foram Dave
Mozaffar Mokhtari
Muhammad Mahmood Ali
Richard Sherlock
Alistair McIlhagger
David Tormey
Shaun McFadden
Source :: Polymers; Volume 14; Issue 9; Pages: 1804
Publication Year :: 2022
Publisher :: MDPI AG, 2022.
Abstract: Hardness is a useful measure of a material’s resistance to permanent indentation; but for viscoelastic polymers, hardness data are highly dependent on the test type and the parameter set chosen. Vickers microhardness testing is used to leave small indents (