Research Article
Optimizing the Parameters of Spark Plasma Sintering to Enhance the Hardness of MgO/TiC Composites
Table 6
ANOVA analysis for the mean of macrohardness.
| ANOVA response table for macrohardness | Source | DF | Seq SS | Adj SS | Adj MS | F values | values | Sintering temperature (°C) | 2 | 48.51 | 48.51 | 24.31 | 0.14 | 0.885 | Sintering pressure (MPa) | 2 | 11.71 | 11.71 | 5.91 | 0.04 | 0.970 | Sintering time (min) | 2 | 46.91 | 46.91 | 23.41 | 0.14 | 0.889 | Error | 2 | 369.91 | 369.91 | 185.01 | | | Total | 8 | 477.11 | | | | |
| Ranking response table for macrohardness | Level | Sintering temperature (°C) | Sintering pressure (MPa) | Sintering time (min) | 1 | 56.56 | 53.23 | 56.03 | 2 | 56.40 | 55.79 | 56.84 | 3 | 51.56 | 55.50 | 51.65 | Delta | 5.02 | 2.56 | 5.20 | Rank | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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