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Mechanical, structural and scaling properties of coals: depth-sensing indentation studies

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This paper discusses special features of mechanical behaviour of coals discovered using depth-sensing indentation (DSI) techniques along with other traditional methods of material testing. Many of the special features are caused by the presence of multiscale complex heterogeneous internal structures within the samples and brittleness of some coal components. Experimental methodology for studying mechanical properties of coals and other natural extreme materials like bones is discussed. It is argued that values of microhardness of bituminous coals correlate strongly with the maximum load; therefore, the use of this parameter in application to coals may be meaningless. For analysis of the force-displacement curves obtained by DSI, both Oliver–Pharr and Galanov–Dub approaches are employed. It is argued that during nanoindentation, the integrity of the internal structure of a coal sample within a small area of high stress field near the tip of indenter may be destroyed. Hence, the standard approaches to mechanical testing of coals should be re-examined.

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Research was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (Grant \(\#\) 16-17-10217).

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  1. National University of Science and Technology ’MISiS’ 4, Leninsky Prospekt, Moscow, 119049, Russian Federation

    Elena L. Kossovich, Svetlana A. Epshtein & Vera A. Prosina

  2. School of Engineering, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF24 3AA, UK

    Feodor M. Borodich

  3. Frantsevich Institute of Materials Science Problems, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Vul. Krzhizhanovskogo 3, Kiev, 03680, Ukraine

    Boris A. Galanov

  4. Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N.Yeltsin, 19, Mira street, Ekaterinburg, 620002, Russian Federation

    Maxim G. Minin

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Kossovich, E.L., Borodich, F.M., Epshtein, S.A. et al. Mechanical, structural and scaling properties of coals: depth-sensing indentation studies. Appl. Phys. A 125, 195 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-018-2282-1

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