A variety of
hardness
In materials science, hardness (antonym: softness) is a measure of the resistance to localized plastic deformation induced by either mechanical indentation or abrasion. In general, different materials differ in their hardness; for example hard ...
-testing methods are available, including the
Vickers
Vickers was a British engineering company that existed from 1828 until 1999. It was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry by Edward Vickers and his father-in-law, and soon became famous for casting church bells. The company went public i ...
,
Brinell,
Rockwell,
Meyer Meyer may refer to:
People
*Meyer (surname), listing people so named
* Meyer (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the name
Companies
* Meyer Burger, a Swiss mechanical engineering company
* Meyer Corporation
* Meyer Sound Labo ...
and
Leeb tests. Although it is impossible in many cases to give an exact conversion, it is possible to give an approximate material-specific comparison table for
steels.
Hardness comparison table
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!
Brinell HB
(10 mm Ball, 3000 kg load)!!
Vickers
Vickers was a British engineering company that existed from 1828 until 1999. It was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry by Edward Vickers and his father-in-law, and soon became famous for casting church bells. The company went public i ...
HV
(5 kg)!!
Rockwell C HRC
(120 degree cone 150 kg)!!Rockwell B HRB
(1/16" ball 100 kg)!!
Leeb HLD
[H.Pollok, „Umwertung der Skalen“ (“Conversion of Scales”), Qualität und Zuverlässigkeit, Ausgabe 4/2008.]
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, 800, , -, , 72, , -, , 856
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, 780, , 1220, , 71, , -, , 850
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, 760, , 1210, , 70, , -, , 843
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, 745, , 1114, , 68, , -, , 837
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, 725, , 1060, , 67, , -, , 829
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, 712, , 1021, , 66, , -, , 824
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, 682, , 940, , 65, , -, , 812
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, 668, , 905, , 64, , -, , 806
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, 652, , 867, , 63, , -, , 799
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, 626, , 803, , 62, , -, , 787
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, 614, , 775, , 61, , -, , 782
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, 601, , 746, , 60, , -, , 776
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, 590, , 727, , 59, , -, , 770
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, 576, , 694, , 57, , -, , 763
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, 552, , 649, , 56, , -, , 751
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, 545, , 639, , 55, , -, , 748
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, 529, , 606, , 54, , -, , 739
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, 514, , 587, , 53, , 120, , 731
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, 502, , 565, , 52, , 119, , 724
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, 495, , 551, , 51, , 119, , 719
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, 477, , 534, , 49, , 118, , 709
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, 461, , 502, , 48, , 117, , 699
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, 451, , 489, , 47, , 117, , 693
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, 444, , 474, , 46, , 116, , 688
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, 427, , 460, , 45, , 115, , 677
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, 415, , 435, , 44, , 115, , 669
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, 401, , 423, , 43, , 114, , 660
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, 388, , 401, , 42, , 114, , 650
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, 375, , 390, , 41, , 113, , 640
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, 370, , 385, , 40, , 112, , 635
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, 362, , 380, , 39, , 111, , 630
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, 351, , 361, , 38, , 111, , 622
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, 346, , 352, , 37, , 110, , 617
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, 341, , 344, , 37, , 110, , 613
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, 331, , 335, , 36, , 109, , 605
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, 323, , 320, , 35, , 109, , 599
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, 311, , 312, , 34, , 108, , 588
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, 301, , 305, , 33, , 107, , 579
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, 293, , 291, , 32, , 106, , 572
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, 285, , 285, , 31, , 105, , 565
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, 276, , 278, , 30, , 105, , 557
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, 269, , 272, , 29, , 104, , 550
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, 261, , 261, , 28, , 103, , 542
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, 258, , 258, , 27, , 102, , 539
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, 249, , 250, , 25, , 101, , 530
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, 245, , 246, , 24, , 100, , 526
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, 240, , 240, , 23, , 99, , 521
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, 237, , 235, , 23, , 99, , 518
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, 229, , 226, , 22, , 98, , 510
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, 224, , 221, , 21, , 97, , 505
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, 217, , 217, , 20, , 96, , 497
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, 211, , 213, , 19, , 95, , 491
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, 206, , 209, , 18, , 94, , 485
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, 203, , 201, , 17, , 94, , 482
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, 200, , 199, , 16, , 93, , 478
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, 196, , 197, , 15, , 92, , 474
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, 191, , 190, , 14, , 92, , 468
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, 187, , 186, , 13, , 91, , 463
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, 185, , 184, , 12, , 91, , 461
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, 183, , 183, , 11, , 90, , 459
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, 180, , 177, , 10, , 89, , 455
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, 175, , 174, , 9, , 88, , 449
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, 170, , 171, , 7, , 87, , 443
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, 167, , 168, , 6, , 87, , 439
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, 165, , 165, , 5, , 86, , 437
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, 163, , 162, , 4, , 85, , 434
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, 160, , 159, , 3, , 84, , 430
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, 156, , 154, , 2, , 83, , 425
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, 154, , 152, , 1, , 82, , 423
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, 152, , 150, , -, , 82, , 420
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, 150, , 149, , -, , 81, , 417
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, 147, , 147, , -, , 80, , 413
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, 145, , 146, , -, , 79, , 411
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, 143, , 144, , -, , 79, , 408
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, 141, , 142, , -, , 78, , 405
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, 140, , 141, , -, , 77, , 404
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, 135, , 135, , -, , 75, , 389
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, 130, , 130, , -, , 72, , 390
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, 114, , 120, , -, , 67, , 365
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, 105, , 110, , -, , 62, , 350
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, 95, , 100, , -, , 56, , 331
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, 90, , 95, , -, , 52, , 321
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, 81, , 85, , -, , 41, , 300
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, 76, , 80, , -, , 37, , 287
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References
Further reading
* ISO 18265: "Metallic materials — Conversion of hardness values" (2013)
* ASTM E140-12B(2019)e1: "Standard Hardness Conversion Tables for Metals Relationship Among Brinell Hardness, Vickers Hardness, Rockwell Hardness, Superficial Hardness, Knoop Hardness, Scleroscope Hardness, and Leeb Hardness" (2019)
External links
Hardness Conversion Table – Brinell, Rockwell,Vickers – Various steels (archived November 11, 2011)
(Brinell, Rockwell A,B,C)
Struers hardness conversion table(Vickers, Brinell, Rockwell B,C,D)
Scientific comparisons