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Table 2.

Indentation data for three different materials used for validation

Material	E (GPa)	H (GPa)	P (N)	C (GPa)	A_m (M²)	S_m = dP/dh (N/M)
Refractory alloy	80	3.513	5.0	66.71	1.85e-9	3.97E6
Steel	210	1.538	5.0	42.26	3.25e-9	1.20E7
6H-SiC	300	21.98	0.1	386.24	4.56e-12	728.20E3