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Theory of hardness testing

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The Brinell method is suitable for testing the hardness of soft metals (light metals, lead, tin) through to hard metals, such as steel and iron.

Brinell testing of a material with different ball diameters and test forces must be conducted within the same force-diameter index („Brinell test procedure“) in order to enable direct comparison of the measured hardness values.

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