CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AKHAN Semiconductor, manufacturer of the world’s first diamond smartphone screen, announced today the debut of its newly formulated nanocrystalline diamond display glass ...

• Engineers can use hardness testing to verify the composition or heat-treatment history of materials. • Rockwell, Brinell, Vickers, and Shore are common hardness tests. Their use depends on the ...

Ceramic coatings are used in motorsports to protect against heat and wear. Image Credits: Marcin Krzyzaks/shutterstock.com Ceramic coatings are used in a wide variety of industrial and commercial ...

Rockwell hardness testing is a method of determining the relative hardness of a material. In this test, hardness is measured by determining the depth of residual penetration by a steel ball or a ...

Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend, but they’re also prized by oil drillers, road crews and experimental physicists for their unparalleled ability to bore, grind and cut. Now scientists have ...