Hardness Testing
Hardness Testing
Nondestructive Metallurgy Technique
There are three types of tests used to ensure accuracy. The Brinell Hardness Testing, Rockwell Hardness Testing and the Vickers Hardness Testing. The definitions of metallurgic ultimate strength and hardness are rather similar. It can generally be assumed that a strong metal is also a hard metal.
The way in which the three of these hardness tests measure a metals hardness is determined upon the metals resistance to the penetration of a non-deform able ball or cone. The tests determine the depth which such a ball or cone will sink into the metal, under a given load, within a specific period of time.