What are the applications of a micro Vickers hardness tester?

Taiwan Nakazawa answers for you:
(1) Can be used for process inspection. Micro Vickers can be used to determine the hardness of small parts, thin parts, hardened layers, and coatings. It can detect process treatment effects and research changes in material surface properties such as work hardening and friction.
(2) Can be used for metallographic and metal physics research. Micro Vickers can be used to measure the single crystals and metallographic structures of materials. In addition, by observing the shape of the indentation, the plasticity and brittleness of each constituent phase of the metal can be studied.
(3) Determination of non-metallic materials. The microhardness test is relatively suitable for the hardness determination of brittle materials such as glass, ceramics, and minerals.