Rockwell hardness testing

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Many types of hardness tests have been devised. The most common in use are the static indentation tests, eg, Brinell, Rockwell, and Vickers. Dynamic hardness tests involve the elastic response or rebound of a dropped indenter, eg, Scleroscope (Table 1). The approximate relationships among the various hardness tests are given in Table 2. 

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Rockwell hardness testing has been extended to both low and high temperature regimes usually by enclosing the sample and part of the machine in an environmental chamber and using extensions for the anvil and indenter. 

International Rubber Hardness. The International mbber hardness test (ASTM D1415) (2) for elastomers is similar to the Rockwell test ia that the measured property is the difference ia penetration of a standard steel ball between minor and major loads. The viscoelastic properties of elastomers require that a load appHcation time, usually 30 seconds, be a part of the test procedure. The hardness number is read directly on a scale of 0 to 100 upon return to the minor load. International mbber hardness numbers are often considered equivalent to Durometer hardness numbers but differences ia iadenters, loads, and test time preclude such a relationship. 

For erosive wear. Rockwell or Brinell hardness is likely to show an inverse relation with carbon and low alloy steels. If they contain over about 0.55 percent carbon, they can be hardened to a high level. However, at the same or even at lower hardness, certain martensitic cast irons (HC 250 and Ni-Hard) can out perform carbon and low alloy steel considerably. For simplification, each of these alloys can be considered a mixture of hard carbide and hardened steel. The usual hardness tests tend to reflect chiefly the steel portion, indicating perhaps from 500 to 650 BHN. Even the Rockwell diamond cone indenter is too large to measure the hardness of the carbides a sharp diamond point with a light load must be used. The Vickers diamond pyramid indenter provides this, giving values around 1,100 for the iron carbide in Ni-Hard and 1,700 for the chromium carbide in HC 250. (These numbers have the same mathematical basis as the more common Brinell hardness numbers.) The microscopically revealed differences in carbide hardness accounts for the superior erosion resistance of these cast irons versus the hardened steels. 

Vickers and Knoop indentors, Barcol hardness, and Shore durometers (2) (b) to measure the resistance of a material to scratching by another material or by a sharp point, such as the Bierbaum hardness or scratch-resistance test and the Moh one for hardness and (c) to measure rebound efficiency or resilience, such as the various Rockwell hardness tests. The various tests provide different behavior characteristics for plastics, as described by different ASTM standards such as D 785. The ASTM and other sources provide different degrees of comparison for some of these tests. 

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Quantitative hardness tests slowly apply a fixed load to an indentor that is forced into the smooth surface of the specimen. After the load is removed, either the diameter across the impression or the depth of the impression is measured. The size of the penetration is proportional to the material s hardness. Rockwell, Brinnell, Vickers, and Knoop are well-known indentation hardness testing instruments. 

Rockwell hardness tests apply a minor load and a major load. The minor load essentially sets the indentor on the surface of the material and through any slight imperfections. The major load pushes the indentor into the material to be tested. The minor and major loads vary depending on the test. 

The hardness tests are classified according to the magnitude of the load. Macrohardness tests apply major loads that are greater than 1000 g (1 kg). Microhardness tests employ loads less than 1000 g and are commonly used to measure the hardness of a single grain or a very small area. Brinnell, Rockwell, and Vickers are examples of macrohardness tests, and Knoop is an example of a microhardness test. 

The Rockwell hardness tests (superficial and standard) measure the depth of the impression made by either a 1/8-in. ball, a 1/16-in. ball, or a brale, diamond-point penetrator under major loads of 15, 30, 45, 60, 100, or 150 kg, depending on the type of test (Figure 15.39). The minor load for the Rockwell superficial test is 3 kg, and for the Rockwell standard test 10 kg. 

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The principle of the Rockwell hardness test is that the depth of the indentation between a minor and a major load applied through an indenter is inversely proportional to the hardness number. Using a minor load to set the indenter helps to reduce backlash in the measuring system. 

The Rockwell hardness tester is designed for measurement of fine- and medium-grained rocks and ceramic products of moderate hardness. In engineering, excluding metallurgy, it has wide uses in the hardness testing of files and grinding wheels with ceramic binder, as well as soft materials (scale Hrd and others). 

With the rapid advances now observed in hardness test methods (Vickers, Knoop, Grodzinski, Berkovich and Hanneman diamond indenters or Brinell and Rockwell hardness testers, etc.), the 10-degree Mohs scale poses a number of problems owing to the low distinction of hardness... 

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With the second category of hardness tests the measurement is carried out after the load is removed. This is the case with Rockwell R, S, V. L, M and P under a small prestress the position of the sphere is measured, so the permanent penetration depth, h (mm). The sphere diameter isy or j inch, the load is 60, 100 or 150 kg force, dependent on which of the six types of test is chosen. The hardness is defined as HR = 130 - hi0.002. This hardness value has no relation at all to the modulus of elasticity the permanent deformation after recovery is being measured (such a type of test would result in a very high value for rubbers ). 

The hardness number is usually combined with the name of the method used, to indicate how the value was obtained. The commonly used tests are the Brinell, Rockwell, and Vickers hardness tests. The results of these tests are presented as the HB or Brinell hardness number, or the HV, and so on. 

Method for Rockwell superficial hardness test (N and T Scales). 

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