Table 2 Mean hardness and Young’s modulus of ReN2 measured by nanoindentation in the 200–400 nm depth range

From: High-pressure synthesis of ultraincompressible hard rhenium nitride pernitride Re2(N2)(N)2 stable at ambient conditions

Material

Hardness (GPa)

Young’s modulus (GPa)

ReN2

36.7 (8)

493 (14)

Re

10.9 (6)

424 (12)

  1. Note: The error estimate corresponds to the standard deviation between 16 different locations
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