The Knoop hardness test/kəˈnuːp/ is a microhardness test – a test for mechanical hardness used particularly for very brittle materials or thin sheets, where only a small indentation may be made for testing purposes. A pyramidal diamond point is pressed into the polished surface of the test material with a known (often 100 g) load, for a specified dwell time, and the resulting indentation is measured using a microscope. The geometry of this indenter is an extended pyramid with the length to width ratio being 7:1 and respective face angles are 172 degrees for the long edge and 130 degrees for the short edge. The depth of the indentation can be approximated as 1/30 of the long dimension.[1] The Knoop hardness HK or KHN is then given by the formula:
Comparison between the Mohs and the Knoop scales
Sample values
Material
HK
Dentin
68
Gold foil
69
Tooth enamel
343
Quartz
820
Silicon carbide
2480
Diamond
7000
where:
L is the length of indentation along its long axis
Cp is the correction factor related to the shape of the indenter, ideally 0.070279
P is the load
HK values are typically in the range from 100 to 1000, when specified in the conventional units of kgf⋅mm−2. The SI unit, pascal, is sometimes used instead: 1 kgf⋅mm−2 = 9.80665 MPa.
The test was developed by Frederick Knoop[2] and colleagues at the National Bureau of Standards (now NIST) of the United States in 1939, and is defined by the ASTM E384 standard.
The advantages of the test are that only a very small sample of material is required, and that it is valid for a wide range of test forces. The main disadvantages are the difficulty of using a microscope to measure the indentation (with an accuracy of 0.5 micrometre), and the time needed to prepare the sample and apply the indenter.
Variables such as load, temperature, and environment, may affect this procedure, which have been examined in detail.[3]
^"Microhardness Test", Surface Engineering Forum
^F. Knoop, C.G. Peters and W.B. Emerson (1939). "A Sensitive Pyramidal-Diamond Tool for Indentation Measurements". Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards. 23 (1): 39–61 (Research Paper RP1220). doi:10.6028/jres.023.022.
^Czemuska, J. T. (1984). Proc. Br. Ceram. Soc. 34: 145–156. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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