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In solid mechanics
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Mechanisms and theory
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Overview
- Materials science
- Plastic deformation
- Pressing Pressing (metalworking)
- Abrasion Abrasion (mechanical)
- Titanium
- Beryllium
- Sodium
- Tin
- Wood
- Plastics Plastic
- Intermolecular bonds Intermolecular bond
- Scratch hardness
- Indentation hardness
- Ductility
- Elastic Elasticity (physics)
- Stiffness
- Plasticity Plasticity (physics)
- Strain Deformation (mechanics)
- Strength Strength of materials
- Toughness
- Viscoelasticity
- Viscosity
- Ceramics Ceramic
- Concrete
- Metals Metal
- Superhard materials Superhard material
- Soft matter
Measures
- Conversion tables Hardness comparison
- Fracture
- Mohs scale
- Mineralogy
- Sclerometer
- Engineering
- Metallurgy
- Rockwell Rockwell scale
- Vickers Vickers hardness test
- Shore Shore scale
- Brinell Brinell hardness test
- Scleroscope
- Leeb rebound hardness test
Hardening
In solid mechanics
Mechanisms and theory
- Microstructure
- Crystal lattice
- Single crystal
- Vacancy defect
- Interstitial defect
- Dislocations
- Rigidity theory Rigidity theory (physics)
Relation between hardness number and stress-strain curve
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Hardness
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Important terminology
material materials atoms indentation plastic deformation dislocations scratch force strength planes number one testing test known lattice interstitial different stress-strain
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardness | is a | measure of how resistant a sample is to fracture or permanent plastic deformation due to friction from a sharp object | 0.90 | text |
| sodium | instance of | for example hard metals such as titanium and beryllium are harder than soft metals | 0.80 | text |
| metallic tin | instance of | for example hard metals such as titanium and beryllium are harder than soft metals | 0.80 | text |
| or wood | instance of | for example hard metals such as titanium and beryllium are harder than soft metals | 0.80 | text |
| common plastics | instance of | for example hard metals such as titanium and beryllium are harder than soft metals | 0.80 | text |
| its bulk modulus or Young's modulus | instance of | not to any rigidity or stiffness properties | 0.80 | text |
| Hardness | related to External links | An | 0.60 | section |
| Hardness | related to External links | Archived | 0.60 | section |
| Hardness | related to External links | Wayback MachineTesting | 0.60 | section |
| Hardness | related to External links | Metals | 0.60 | section |
| Hardness | related to Further reading | Chinn | 0.60 | section |
| Hardness | related to Further reading | Rockwells | 0.60 | section |
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