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CSM maufactures high precision instrumented indentation instruments used for mechanical properties characterization of thin films, coatings and substrates. Properties such as hardness and elastic modulus can be determined on almost any type of material: soft, hard, brittle or ductile.

The operating principle is as follows:
An indenter tip, normal to the sample surface, is driven into the sample by applying an increasing load up to a predefined value. The load is then decreased until untill the tip is free of the material. The resultant load-depth curve is then used to calculate mechanical properties such as hardness and elastic modulus.

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Application Bulletin n°27

Mechanical properties of ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD) films with an influence of the nucleation density on the structure
Application Bulletin n°25

Influence of indenter tip radius on the scratch resistance of an automotive clearcoat
Application Bulletin n°24

Intrinsic bone tissue quality is altered in osteoporosis and selectively influenced by its treatments (NHT)
Application Bulletin n°23

The Influence of Surface Roughness on Instrumented Indentation Testing (IIT) (NHT/MHT)
Application Bulletin n°22

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

Application Bulletin n°21

Investigation of the surface fracture resistance of a SiN coating by Impact testing (NTR)
Application Bulletin n°19

Temperature-Specific and Dynamic Indentation Testing

Application Bulletin n°18

Indentation, Tribology and Scratch Test Standards
Application 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

Application 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)
Application 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
Application Bulletin n°10

- New LOC module for the SFM provides high resolution frictional contrast
- Characterization of Tribological transfer films using combined NHT/SFM
Application Bulletin n°09

- 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
Application Bulletin n°08

- 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
Application Bulletin n°07

- 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
Application Bulletin n°06

- 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
Application Bulletin n°03

- 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
Application Bulletin n°01

- 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
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