Download or read book High Pressure Surface Science and Engineering written by Yury Gogotsi and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2003-11-01 with total page 639 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In many instances of mechanical interaction between two materials, the physical contact affects only the outermost surface layer, with little discernible influence on the bulk of the material. The resultant high pressures in these localised regimes can induce surface structural changes such as deformation, phase transformation and amorphization. The understanding of these physical phenomena is critical in the study of common 'contact loading' processes such as scratching, grinding, milling, polishing, indentation testing, wear, friction and erosion.