Temperature Dependence of Vickers Microhardness and Creep Study of Inx Bi2-x Te3 Crystals

Authors : G R PANDYA, S R BHAVSAR, C F DESAI

Pages : 13-20

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Temperature dependence of Vickers microhardness of lnx Bi2-x Te3 single crystals with x ranging from 0.1 to 0.5 has been studied. Loading time dependence of microhardness at different temperatures has been used for creep study in the temperature range 300 K to 400 K. The activation energy for indentation creep of the crystals has been evaluated.
Keywords : Turk J Phys, 24, 2000, 13 20 Turk J Phys, vol 24, iss 1