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Microhardness of osmium borides, carbides, and nitrides

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Numerical estimations of microhardness (by Vickers, HV) for osmium borides (OsB, OsB2), carbides (OsC, Os2C3, OsC2), and nitrides (OsN, OsN2, OsN4), as well as for some ternary diborides (Os1−x M x B2, M = W, Re, Ru), based on correlation dependences of HV on the shear (G) and Young (Y) moduli of these phases are performed. The influence of osmium compounds and their composition (stoichiometry), structure, doping, and external pressure on changes in HV is discussed.

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Original Russian Text © A.L. Ivanovskii, 2012, published in Materialovedenie, 2012, No. 1, pp. 7–10.

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Ivanovskii, A.L. Microhardness of osmium borides, carbides, and nitrides. Inorg. Mater. Appl. Res. 3, 319–322 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2075113312040065

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