Response

Factors (A: 40: B)

60:40:0 50:40:10 40:40:20 30:40:30 20:40:40

Porosity (%) 84.7 80.3 75.9 73.2 72.5

Compressive 0.09 0.51 0.59 0.64 0.73

modulus (GPa)

Vicker hardness 106.7 111.2 121.6 143.7 166.57

(HVN)

Fracture toughness 0.84 0.95 1.27 1.88 2.34

(MPa.m1/2)

USED DATA FOR ANALYSIS

Factor 1 Factor 2 Response 1 Response 2 Response 3 Response 4

Std Run A:A B:B POR COPP HARD TOUGH
% % % %
13 1 40 20 75.9 0.59 121.6 1.27
4 2 60 40 70.5 0.79 160.3 1.9
6 3 50 10 80.3 0.51 111.2 0.95
9 4 40 20 75.9 0.59 121.6 1.27
10 5 40 20 75.9 0.59 121.6 1.27
11 6 40 20 75.9 0.59 121.6 1.27
2 7 60 0 84.7 0.09 106.7 0.84
3 8 20 40 72.5 0.73 166.57 2.34
5 9 30 30 73.2 0.64 143.7 1.88
1 10 20 0 83 0.05 100 0.76
8 11 40 40 69 0.69 150 2.1
7 12 40 0 81 0.07 102 0.8
12 13 40 20 75.9 0.59 121.6 1.27

RESPONSE 1: POROSITY

POROSITY = 90.004670237697 -0.48957440575829 * A -0.12120605959156 *B

-0.0023549757281553 * A * B + 0.0067299757281554 * A^2 -0.0023519417475728 * B^2
ANOVA for Response Surface Quadratic model
Analysis of variance table [Partial sum of squares - Type III]
Sum of Mean F p-value
Source Squares df Square Value Prob > F
Model 264.52 5 52.90 671.02 < 0.0001 significant
A-A 5.305E-003 1 5.305E-003 0.067 0.8028
B-B 246.90 1 246.90 3131.62 < 0.0001
AB 3.64 1 3.64 46.14 0.0003
A^2 9.74 1 9.74 123.56 < 0.0001
B^2 1.33 1 1.33 16.88 0.0045
Residual 0.55 7 0.079
Lack of Fit 0.55 3 0.18
Pure Error 0.000 4 0.000
Cor Total 265.07 12

Std. Dev. 0.28 R-Squared 0.9979

Mean 76.44 Adj R-Squared 0.9964
C.V. % 0.37 Pred R-Squared 0.9822
PRESS 4.72 Adeq Precision 84.127