• Recent Publications
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Recent Publications

• Edge flaking – similarity between quasistatic indentation and impact mechanisms for brittle materials
  Morrell, R.
  submitted to Fractography of Advanced Ceramics 2004, Stara Lesne, Slovakia, October 2004.
• Fracture toughness testing for advanced technical ceramics –
  internationally agreed good practice
  Morrell, R.
  presented at IoM3 congress, April 2004, and submitted to Brit. Ceram. Trans., in press.
• Fractography of advanced ceramics – the CEN Prestandard
  Morrell, R., Kübler, J.J.
  in Proc. Conf. Fractography of Advanced Ceramics, Stara Lesne,
  Slovakia, May 2001, edited by J Dusza, Trans Tech Publ.,Ütikon-Zürich.
  Switzerland, 2002, Key Eng. Mater. 223, 19-26.
• Nanostructured ceramics: a review of their potential
  Cain, M.G., Morrell, R.
  Appl. Organometall. Chem. 2001, 15 321-30.
• Hardness testing on advanced technical ceramics
  Ullner, Ch., Germak, A., Le Doussal, H., Morrell, R., Reich, T., Vandermeulen, W.
  J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 2001 20, 439-51.
• Fractography of ceramic femoral heads
  Morrell, R., Byrne, W.P., Murray, M.
  presented at Fractography of Ceramics and Glass IV, July 2000, Ceram. Trans. 122, 253-66.
• Biaxial disc flexure - modulus and strength testing
  R. Morrell, N J McCormick, J Bevan, M Lodeiro, J Margetson
  IoM Ceramics Convention, April 1998, Royal Agricultural College,
  publ. in Brit Cer. Proc. 1999, 59, 31-44, and Brit Ceram. Trans. 1999, 98(5), 234-40.
• CEN/VAMAS phase volume fraction round robin
  Hendrix, M, Bennett, E.G., Morrell, R., Dortmans, L.J.M.G., de With, G.
  British Ceramics Transactions, 1998, 76(6), 293-6.

NPL Measurement Good Practice Guides

• Flexural strength testing of ceramics and hardmetals
  Morrell, R.
  NPL Measurement Good Practice Guide no. 7, 1997.
• Palmqvist toughness testing for hard and brittle materials
  Roebuck, B, Bennett, E.G., Lay, L.A., Morrell, R.
  NPL Measurement Good Practice Guide no. 9, July 1998.
• Biaxial flexural strength testing of ceramic materials
  Morrell, R.
  NPL Measurement Good Practice Guide No. 12, September 1998.
• Fractography of brittle materials
  Morrell, R.
  NPL Measurement Good Practice Guide No. 15, August 1999.
• Tests for advanced technical ceramics performance
  Bennett, R., Gee, M.G., Lay, L.A., Morrell, R., Roebuck, B.
  NPL Measurement Good Practice Guide No. 19, August 1999.
• Mechanical tests for hardmetals
  Roebuck, B., Gee, M.G., Bennett, R., Morrell, R.
  NPL Measurement Good Practice Guide No. 20, November 1999.
• Microstructural measurements on ceramics and hardmetals
  Bennett, E.G., Lay, L.A., Morrell, R., Roebuck, B.
  NPL Measurement Good Practice Guide No. 21, July 1999.