indenteerimiskõvaduskatse, mille korral sissetungimisügavus on vahemikus 10 kuni 1000 nm (vt nanokõvadus)
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Kasutatakse habraste materjalide purunemissitkuse määramiseks, mõõtes radiaalse prao pikkuse. (vt purunemissitkus)
an indentation hardness testing procedure, usually relying on indendation force vs tip displacement data to penetrations in order of 10 to 1000 nm deep (see: nanohardness)
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Used for measuring fracture toughness of brittle materials by measuring of length of the radial cracks.(see: fracture toughness)