Table 4 The NANO hardness and Vickers hardness of the specimen.

From: Micro-mechanical and tribological behavior of Al/SiC/B4C/CNT hybrid nanocomposite

S.no

Fabricated specimen

Nano hardness (GPa)

Vickers hardness (HV0.1)

1

ABBC

204.9 ± 5

194 ± 2

2

ASSC

183.14 ± 3

156 ± 3

3

ABC

139.64 ± 6

139 ± 1

4

ASC

126.01 ± 4

118 ± 1

5

Pure Al

104.09 ± 5

91 ± 3