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Science 9 December 1977:
Vol. 198. no. 4321, pp. 1037 - 1038
DOI: 10.1126/science.198.4321.1037
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High Pressures on Small Areas

A. L. RUOFF 1 and J. WANAGEL 1

1 Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853

Small diamond indentors with spherical tips were pressed against a polished diamond flat. Pressures were calculated from Hertz contact theory. Very high pressures were achieved on small areas.

Submitted on July 25, 1977
Revised on September 28, 1977

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