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Table 4.

Indentation data for hydroxyapatite single crystal (Saber-Samandari and Gross, 2009)

Indented facet	E (GPa)	H (GPa)	P (N)	C (GPa)	A_m (M²)	S_m = dP/dh (N/M)
(0001)	150.38	7.06	7.5E-3	2.32E11	7.08E-13	1.20E5
(1010)	143.56	6.41	5.0E-3	2.03E11	1.17E-12	1.65E5