Toplu, AhmetKaraca, IbrahimKolemen, Ugur2019-08-012019-08-0120150272-88421873-3956https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2014.09.014https://hdl.handle.net/11480/4068Prepared by a wet method (BiPb)SrCaCuO superconductors micro-hardness properties was investigated by dynamic micro-indentation technique. The indentation load-displacement curves of the materials were plotted by applied load varying from 200 to 1800 mN. Micro-hardness numbers carry out from loading-unloading process showed load dependence hardness (LIE), i.e., indentation size effect (ISE). The ISE was examined with the theoretical models such as Meyer's law, the Hays-Kendal approach, the Elastic/Plastic Deformation model, the Proportional Specimen Resistance (PSR) model, and the Modified Proportional Specimen Resistance (MPSR) model. MPSR model was obtained the better model to calculate micro-hardness numbers of samples. According to this calculating result, the true hardness of superconductor were increasing with the increasing of the amount of Zn% and.Bi-2212 phase into mixture. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd and Techna Group S.r.l. All rights reserved.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessBSCCO superconductorIndentation Size Effect (ISE)Zn AddingTrue HardnessArticle41195396010.1016/j.ceramint.2014.09.0142-s2.0-84922981432Q1WOS:000346216500010Q1