High-temperature scanning indentation: A new technique to assess microstrutural changes along thermal ramping

Thanks to recent developments in high temperature nanoindentation testing, investigation of thermally activated mechanisms at small length scales can now be carried out [1]. In-situ anisothermal measurements at the micron-scale of hardness, Young modulus and creep properties are now feasible. The development of the High Temperature Scanning Indentation [2] technique, based on a specific high-speed loading procedure, allows quasi-continuous determination of those properties in temperature in only few hours. Please click Download on the upper right corner to see the full abstract