Summary of Applications Bulletins

Applications bulletin n°26:

• The Influence of the Rockwell Indenter Tip Geometry on the Progressive Load Scratch Test

Applications bulletin n°25:

• Influence of indenter tip radius on the scratch resistance of an automotive clearcoat

Applications bulletin n°24:

• Intrinsic bone tissue quality is altered in osteoporosis and selectively influenced by its treatments (NHT)

Applications bulletin n°23:

• The Influence of Surface Roughness on Instrumented Indentation Testing (IIT) (NHT/MHT)

Applications bulletin n°22:

• Investigation of creep behaviour using Micro or Nano Indentation Tester (MHT/NHT)

Applications bulletin n°21:

• Investigation of the surface fracture resistance of a SiN coating by Impact testing (NTR)

Applications bulletin n°20:

• Nano Tribometer Applications Investigation of lubrication regimes using ultra low contact pressures
• Adhesion and friction studies of materials for micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS)

Applications bulletin n°19:

• Temperature-Specific Indentation Testing
• Dynamic Indentation Testing

Applications bulletin n°18:

• Indentation Test Standards
• Tribology Test Standards
• Scratch Test Standards

Applications bulletin n°17:

• Biomedical Applications
• Micro-mechanical properties of calcium phosphate coatings for titanium prostheses
• Adhesion of contact lens coatings
• Mechanical properties of teeth materials
• Controlled drug release valves
• Scratch resistance of arterial implants
• TiN coating for hip prostheses
• Hardness of bone tissue
• Characterization of Tin Oxide coatings for biomedical applications

Applications bulletin n°16:

• Automotive Applications
• Tribometer Lifetime Study of Wheel Bearings
• Elasto-plastic properties of polymeric varnishes
• Wear properties of rubber seals
• Friction and wear on Brake Pads
• Hardness of DLC-coated tappets
• Controlled lubricant studies
• Scratch resistance of chrome-plated trim
• Adhesion of polymeric bumper paint
• Mechanical properties of automotive tyre

Applications bulletin n°15:

• Characterization of Polymers
• Quality Control of Minidisk polymer topcoat with Nano Scratch Tester and Tribometer
• Nano Scratch method developed as reference test for polymeric automobile topcoats
• Failure properties of nail varnish investigated with the Micro Scratch Tester

Applications bulletin n°14:

• Measurement of hardness as a function of depth in nitrided 316L stainless steel
• Scratch Test Atlas of typical failure modes obtained in scratch testing with the Revetest instrument
• High-Temp. Tribometer for friction comparison of automobile brake pad materials

Applications bulletin n°13:

• Influence of tip size on the critical load during scratch testing with the Micro Scratch Tester
• Failure of TiN-coated polymer measured with the Pin-on-Disk Tribometer
• Nano-Scratch Tester (NST) for measurement of dielectric thin films

Applications bulletin n°12:

• Micro-Electronic Applications
• Nano-Scratch Tester (NST) for characterizing anti-stiction coatings for Microsystems
• In-situ Integrated Circuit (IC) characterization with the Nano Hardness Tester (NHT)
• Quality control of Micro-Slit reflective coating with the Nano-Scratch Tester (NST)

Applications bulletin n°11:

• Nanoindentation with spherical indenters for characterization of stress-strain properties
• Characterization of IC bonded gold wires with the Nano Hardness Tester (NHT)
• New Nano-Scratch Tester (NST) allows better magnetic hard disk characterization

Applications bulletin n°10:

• New LOC module for the SFM provides high resolution frictional contrast
• Characterization of Tribological transfer films using combined NHT/SFM

Applications bulletin n°9:

• MST Swinging Module for variable frequency scratch testing
• Combined NHT/SFM for investigation the mechanical properties of Cr2O3 thin films
• New Industrial Calotest allows greater fl exibility for measuring over/undersized samples

Applications bulletin n°8:

• New Industrial Calotest for improved coating thickness determination
• Micro Hardness Tester (MHT) for fracture toughness determination of brittle materials
• New Tribometer option for reciprocating wear testing of plasticised tickets
• Low-load Micro Scratch Tester (MST) for characterization of thin polymer films

Applications bulletin n°7:

• Forthcoming Nano Scratch Tester (NST) for characterization of ultra-thin films
• Micro structured silicon wafers compared with the CSM Tribometer
• Combined NHT/SFM for investigating the tip defect of common indenters

Applications bulletin n°6:

• Micro Scratch Tester (MST) for assessing the scratch resistance of SiO2 passivation layers
• High-Vacuum Tribometer for MoS2 alloy characterization
• Combined NHT/SFM for characterization of Silicon materials

Applications bulletin n°5:

• Finer particle size allows better coating characterization with the Calotest
• Combined NHT/SFM for characterization of coated systems

Applications bulletin n°4:

• Modified Pin-on-Disc Tribometer for controlled lubricant studies
• Diamond knife for MST characterization of coated optical fibers
• Controlling magnetic hard disk adhesion to ceramic substrates with the MST
• Scanning force microscopy of low load indentations into aluminum thin films

Applications bulletin n°3:

• New integrated SFM objective for better characterization of NHT indentations
• Modified Micro Scratch Tester (MST) for im­proved force resolution at low loads
• Hard coating characterisation with the CSM Tribometer

Applications bulletin n°2:

• Vickers indentation using CSM's Micro Scratch Tester (MST)
• Abrasion testing of hard coatings with the Calowear Tester
• Quality control of IC bonding pads with the Nano Hardness Tester (NHT)
• Hard coating characterization with the Revetest (RVT) scratch tester

Applications bulletin n°1:

• New Nano-Hardness Tester (NHT) for characterization of MoS2 thin films
• Automobile bumper paint adhesion analyzed using Micro Scratch Tester (MST)
• Using CSM's Revetest (RVT) scratch-tester for Rockwell indentation
• Hard coating characterization with the Revetest (RVT) scratch tester