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Assessment of Macroscopic Properties Based on Microhardness Measurements Using the Example of the TiCoCrFeMn High-Entropy Alloy
Faculty of Advanced Technologies and Chemistry, Military University of Technology, Sylwestra Kaliskiego 2, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland
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Materials 2026, 19(1), 118; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma19010118 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 24 November 2025
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Revised: 15 December 2025
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Accepted: 19 December 2025
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Published: 29 December 2025
Abstract
In this study, using the newly designed high-entropy alloy TiCoCrFeMn as an example, mathematical models for determining the true hardness from microhardness measurements in the regime dominated by elastic deformation were analyzed. It was found that the PSR model, which accounts for the variability in the elastic component of the applied indenter load, provides the best agreement with macroscopic hardness measurements. Analysis of the load variation law revealed a correlation between the Young’s modulus and the Meyer coefficient, which formed the basis for developing a model for determining this material parameter from microhardness measurements. The proposed methodology, applicable to small laboratory specimens, was shown to be consistent with the results obtained from crack-length measurements.
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Przygucka, D.; Karczewski, K.; Bojar, Z.; Jóźwiak, S.
Assessment of Macroscopic Properties Based on Microhardness Measurements Using the Example of the TiCoCrFeMn High-Entropy Alloy. Materials 2026, 19, 118.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ma19010118
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Przygucka D, Karczewski K, Bojar Z, Jóźwiak S.
Assessment of Macroscopic Properties Based on Microhardness Measurements Using the Example of the TiCoCrFeMn High-Entropy Alloy. Materials. 2026; 19(1):118.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ma19010118
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Przygucka, Dominika, Krzysztof Karczewski, Zbigniew Bojar, and Stanisław Jóźwiak.
2026. "Assessment of Macroscopic Properties Based on Microhardness Measurements Using the Example of the TiCoCrFeMn High-Entropy Alloy" Materials 19, no. 1: 118.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ma19010118
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Przygucka, D., Karczewski, K., Bojar, Z., & Jóźwiak, S.
(2026). Assessment of Macroscopic Properties Based on Microhardness Measurements Using the Example of the TiCoCrFeMn High-Entropy Alloy. Materials, 19(1), 118.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ma19010118
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