Optimizing the Parameters of Spark Plasma Sintering to Enhance the Hardness of MgO/TiC Composites

Table 7

ANOVA analysis for the mean S/N ratio of macrohardness.

ANOVA response table for the S/N ratio
Source	DF	Seq SS	Adj SS	Adj MS	F values	values
Sintering temperature (°C)	2	1.7455	1.7455	0.8728	0.17	0.861
Sintering pressure (MPa)	2	0.6424	0.6424	0.3212	0.07	0.944
Sintering time (min)	2	1.6943	1.6943	0.8472	0.17	0.864
Error	2	10.7066	10.7066	5.3533
Total	8	14.7884
Ranking response table for the S/N ratio
Level		Sintering temperature (°C)		Sintering pressure (MPa)		Sintering time (min)
1		35.03		34.33		34.94
2		35.00		34.92		35.07
3		34.01		34.86		34.09
Delta		0.96		0.60		0.99
Rank		2		3		1