"Hardness Tests" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A test to determine the relative hardness of a metal, mineral, or other material according to one of several scales, such as Brinell, Mohs, Rockwell, Vickers, or Shore. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D006245
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.417 G01.374.647.457
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| Concept/Terms |
Hardness Tests- Hardness Tests
- Hardness Test
- Test, Hardness
- Tests, Hardness
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| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hardness Tests" by people in Profiles.
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Wang X, Yoon YJ, Ji H. A novel scratching approach for measuring age-related changes in the in situ toughness of bone. J Biomech. 2007; 40(6):1401-4.
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Donoso M, Kildsig DO, Ghaly ES. Prediction of tablet hardness and porosity using near-infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy as a nondestructive method. Pharm Dev Technol. 2003; 8(4):357-66.
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Wang XD, Masilamani NS, Mabrey JD, Alder ME, Agrawal CM. Changes in the fracture toughness of bone may not be reflected in its mineral density, porosity, and tensile properties. Bone. 1998 Jul; 23(1):67-72.
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Wang X, Mabrey JD, Agrawal CM. An interspecies comparison of bone fracture properties. Biomed Mater Eng. 1998; 8(1):1-9.