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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 81, Issue 4, Pages 643-645Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.1494860
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The Vickers hardness of boron suboxide single crystals was measured using a diamond indentation method. Under a loading force of 0.98 N, our test gave an average Vickers hardness of 45 GPa. The average fracture toughness was measured as 4.5 MPa m(1/2). We also measured the hardness of the cubic boron nitride and sapphire single crystals for comparison. The average measured hardness for boron suboxide was found to be very close to that of cubic boron nitride under the same loading force. Our results suggest that the boron suboxide could be a new superhard material for industrial applications, surpassed in hardness only by diamond and cubic boron nitride. (C) 2002 American Institute of Physics.
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