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Agilent Technologies Nano Indenter G200 User Manual (478 pages)

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Table of Content I Read this First

6
- Specifications
  
  3
- Disclaimers
  
  4
- Contact Information
  
  5
  - Table of Contents
    6
- Introduction
  
  16
- Your G200 System
  
  16
- Agilent Technologies
  
  18
  - A Word about Us
    18
  - Company History
    18
  - Contacting Agilent Technologies
    18
2 Quick Start Guide

20
- Hardware Overview
  
  21
  - Facility and Instrument Dimensions
    22
  - Specifications
    24
- Software Interface Overview
  
  25
  - Nanosuite Software
    25
- Getting Started
  
  27
- Methods and Batches in Nanosuite
  
  46
  - First Batch Test
    46
  - Second Batch Test
    66
    
    Results a
    70
  - Third Batch Test
    71
  - Congratulations
    71
3 Instrument Reference

72
- Instrument Reference
  
  73
- Components
  
  73
  - Allen Wrench Set
    73
  - Aperture Levers
    73
  - Computer/Central Processing Unit (CPU)
    74
  - Controller
    74
  - Crystalbond Hot Melt
    74
  - CSM Controller
    75
  - Dynamic Contact Module II
    76
  - Gantry Assembly
    76
  - Head Assembly
    77
  - High Load Mechanism
    78
  - Indenter
    79
  - Isolation Cabinet
    79
  - Lateral Force Measurement
    81
  - Locking Pins
    81
  - Microscope
    83
  - Motion System
    83
  - Mounting Specimens
    85
  - Objectives
    85
  - Sample Disks
    86
  - Sample Mount System
    87
  - Sample Tray
    87
  - Single-Crystal Aluminum Sample
    88
  - Specimen
    89
  - Standard Reference Materials
    90
  - Temperature Probe
    90
  - Tip-Change Tool
    91
  - Tip-Retaining Nut
    91
  - Vibration Isolation Table
    92
- Nanosuite
  
  93
- Test Page
  
  94
  - Title Bar
    95
- File Menu
  
  95
  - New Sample, Open Sample
    97
  - Memo
    97
  - Properties
    98
  - Print
    98
  - Print Preview
    99
  - Email
    99
  - Export, Export Preview, and Batch Export
    100
  - Import
    100
- Method Menu
  
  103
  - Open Method
    103
  - Method Packaging
    103
  - Edit Method
    104
  - Print Method
    104
  - Print Preview Method
    104
- Edit Menu
  
  105
- View Menu
  
  106
  - Save Current Review Page Configuration
    107
  - Load a Saved Review Page Configuration
    108
- Test Menu
  
  110
  - Next Test Segment
    110
  - Run Post-Sample
    110
- Configure Menu
  
  111
  - Device
    111
  - Meters
    111
  - Statistics
    113
  - Workspace
    113
  - Toolbar
    114
  - Review Graph
    115
  - Real-Time Graph
    116
- Tools Menu
  
  118
  - Calibrate
    118
  - Set Full Scale Load Range
    119
  - Validate Method
    119
  - Channel Diagnostics
    119
  - Preallocate
    119
  - Recalculate Sample
    119
  - Recalculate Test
    119
- User Menu
  
  120
  - Login
    120
  - Logout
    120
  - Password
    120
  - View Profile
    120
  - Users
    122
- Tip Menu
  
  123
  - Select Tip
    123
  - Configure Tip
    124
  - Print Preview of Tip Configuration
    125
  - Change Indenter Tip
    125
- Export Menu
  
  126
- Mode Menu
  
  127
- System Menu
  
  128
- Help Menu
  
  129
  - Topics
    129
  - About
    129
  - Request Product Support
    129
- Toolbar
  
  131
  - Review Page Toolbar
    131
  - Define Page Toolbar
    135
- Status Bar
  
  137
  - Handset Area
    138
- Test Page Panels
  
  138
  - Navigating the Nano Handset Schematic
    139
  - Navigating the Nano Video Handset
    141
  - System Controls
    149
  - Required Inputs Panel
    150
  - Real-Time Graph
    152
  - Meters
    154
- Review Page
  
  155
  - Legend Panel
    155
  - Review Graph Panel
    158
- Channels Tab
  
  160
  - Channels Right-Click Menu
    160
  - Review Graph Setup
    163
- 3D Tab
  
  174
  - 3D Right-Click Menu
    175
- Histogram Tab
  
  184
  - Histogram Right-Click Menu
    186
  - Data Panel
    191
  - Results Panel
    195
- Simulation Mode
  
  197
5 Analyst

199
- Analyst 5
  
  200
- Understanding Excel Formats and Analyst
  
  200
- Launching Analyst
  
  201
  - Menu Bar
    202
  - Toolbar
    203
  - Sample View Pane
    203
  - View Pane
    204
  - Message Pane
    204
- Analyst Menu Bar
  
  205
  - File
    205
  - Edit
    207
  - Options
    212
  - Tools
    213
  - Help
    213
- Analyst Toolbar
  
  214
- Sample View Pane
  
  215
  - Project Level
    215
  - Sample Level
    215
  - Test Level
    215
  - Project Level
    216
  - Sample Level
    217
  - Test Level
    218
- View Pane
  
  219
6 Commonly Used Procedures

220
- Using Nanosuite System Agent
  
  221
- Defining a General Batch
  
  227
- Executing a General Batch
  
  240
- Changing the Indenter
  
  244
- Frame Stiffness and Area Function Calibration
  
  250
  - General Information
    250
  - Area Function Information
    255
- Frame Stiffness and Area Function Calibration: Express Test
  
  264
Table of Contents

266
7 Theory

298
- Indentation Process Overview
  
  300
  - Continuous Load-Displacement Data
    300
  - Elastic Modulus of Test Material
    302
  - Tip Materials Parameters
    302
- Determining the Contact Stiffness and Contact Area
  
  303
  - The Power-Law Relation
    303
  - Contact Depth
    304
  - Projected Contact Area
    304
- Determining Contact Stiffness Dynamically
  
  305
- Frame Stiffness and Indenter Area Function Theory
  
  306
  - Instrument Frame Stiffness: Indentation Definition
    306
  - Frame Stiffness Summary
    314
  - Determining Indenter Area Function
    314
  - Area Function Summary
    320
  - Diagnostics
    321
- Best Experimental Practice
  
  325
  - Choosing an Indenter Geometry
    325
  - Environmental Control
    325
  - Surface Preparation
    326
  - Testing Procedure
    326
- Calculations Using Raw Displacement and Load Data
  
  327
- Quick Start Guide
  
  332
- Nanosuite Reference
  
  334
  - Required Inputs
    334
  - Results
    335
- Commonly Used Procedures
  
  336
  - Setting the Displacement Range for Averaged Properties
    336
- Theory
  
  337
  - Dynamic Modeling of the Indentation System and Sample Contact
    337
  - Calculating Continuous Elastic Modulus and Hardness
    341
  - Computing Parameters for Polymers
    342
  - Quick Start Guide B
    343
  - B Dynamic Contact Module II
    
    344
    
    Quick Start Guide
    344
    
    S Witching to the DCM II Head
    344
    
    Switching to the XP Head
    348
    
    Nanosuite Reference
    350
    
    Changing the Tip
    351
    
    Commonly Used Procedures
    351
    
    Testing the DCM II Performance
    357
    
    Quick Start Guide C
    360
  - C High Load
    
    361
    
    Quick Start Guide
    361
    
    Results C
    362
    
    Nanosuite Reference
    364
    
    Required Inputs
    364
    
    Results
    365
D Nanosuite Explorer

366
- Test Flow View D
  366
- D Nanosuite Explorer
  
  368
  - Nanosuite Explorer Overview
    
    368
    
    Test Flow View
    368
    
    Test Flow Pane
    369
    
    Settings Pane
    372
    
    Configuration Pane
    377
    
    Configuration View
    377
    
    Channel Tabs
    390
    
    Settings Pane
    390
    
    Formula Tabs
    399
    
    Inputs Tabs
    404
    
    Insert Menu
    410
    
    Method Error Log
    410
  - Tutorial
    
    411
    
    Exercise 1
    411
    
    Exercise 2
    413
    
    Exercise 3
    419
    
    Exercise 4
    420
    
    Markers E
    425
  - Quick Start Guide
    
    426
  - Nanosuite Reference
    
    430
    
    Required Inputs
    430
    
    Markers
    432
    
    Editable Post-Test Inputs
    433
    
    Results
    433
  - Theory
    
    435
    
    Plastically Deformed Scratches
    435
    
    Fractured Scratches
    436
    
    Influence of Indenter Geometry
    437
    
    Measure of Indenter Geometry Using the Indentation Technique
    438
    
    Relaxation
    440
    
    Time-Dependent Properties Acting on Scratch Behavior
    440
    
    Mechanisms
    443
  - F Lateral Force Measurement
    
    445
  - Quick Start Guide Theory
    
    445
    
    Introduction G
    449
  - Quick Start Guide
    
    445
  - Setting up a New User in Nanosuite
    
    450
    
    Exercise
    450
    
    Introduction
    450
  - Investigate an Unfamiliar Nanosuite Method
    
    457
    
    Exercise
    457
    
    Introduction
    457
    
    Getting Started H
    461
  - Getting Started
    
    462
    
    Express Test Tip Calibration
    462
  - Express Test Methods
    
    464
    
    Express Test for Thin Films-Batch
    464
    
    Express Test to a Displacement
    464
    
    Express Test to a Displacement
    467
    
    Express Test to a Force
    470
    
    Express Test Tip Calibration
    472
    
    Express Test, Varied Force
    472
    
    DCM
    475

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Table of Contents

Table of Content I Read this First

Specifications

Disclaimers

Contact Information

Introduction

Your G200 System

Agilent Technologies

2 Quick Start Guide

Hardware Overview

Software Interface Overview

Getting Started

Methods and Batches in Nanosuite

3 Instrument Reference

Instrument Reference

Components

Nanosuite

Test Page

File Menu

Method Menu

Edit Menu

View Menu

Test Menu

Configure Menu

Tools Menu

User Menu

Tip Menu

Export Menu

Mode Menu

System Menu

Help Menu

Toolbar

Status Bar

Test Page Panels

Review Page

Channels Tab

3D Tab

Histogram Tab

Simulation Mode

5 Analyst

Analyst 5

Understanding Excel Formats and Analyst

Launching Analyst

Analyst Menu Bar

Analyst Toolbar

Sample View Pane

View Pane

6 Commonly Used Procedures

Using Nanosuite System Agent

Defining a General Batch

Executing a General Batch

Changing the Indenter

Frame Stiffness and Area Function Calibration

Frame Stiffness and Area Function Calibration: Express Test

Table of Contents

Frame Stiffness Calibration: ISO 14577 Method

Frame Stiffness Calibration: CSM Method

Cleaning the Tip

Setting the Surface Marker

Editing Input Values

Comparing Samples in Analyst

Adjusting the Vibration Isolation Table

7 Theory

Indentation Process Overview

Determining the Contact Stiffness and Contact Area

Determining Contact Stiffness Dynamically

Frame Stiffness and Indenter Area Function Theory

Best Experimental Practice

Calculations Using Raw Displacement and Load Data

Quick Start Guide

Nanosuite Reference

Commonly Used Procedures

Theory

B Dynamic Contact Module II

C High Load

D Nanosuite Explorer

D Nanosuite Explorer

Nanosuite Explorer Overview