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NTRODUCTI
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Rockwel lt
estdet erminethehar dnessofmet al
sbymeasur ingthedept hof
penetr
ationoft hemat erialbasedont hel oadapplied.Rockwel ltestisthesimpl est
waystot estthehardnessofmet alsthroughdepthofpenet rati
onandRockwel ltestdo
noteff
ect orgiveanydamagedont hemat eri
al.Thehar dnesscanbemeasur edbased
ontheper manentdef ormat ionreadingassesmat eri
al quali
tyandendur ancetowar ds
speci
fi
edl evel.Thehar dnessofmat eri
alwasal sodet erminedbyt hedept hofintender
underaspeci fi
edload.Rockwel lusedthesui t
ableindent erforeachspeci men.The
di
ffer
encei nintenderposi t
ionbef oreandaf t
erappl i
cationwasmeasur ed.

Tensilet estwast omeasur et heresi stanceofmat erial withspeci fi

ct ensionact i
ngon
i
tandt heproper ti
esofst rengt
handel ongat etowar dstensilet est
.Thepr oper t
iesofmet al
s
weredet erminedbyst rengthofthemat erialwithspecifiedf or ceunt i
lthedef ormat i
on
beginsandt hebr eakingpoi ntatt
ain.Tensi letestwasusedbecausei tiswi delyusedand
onet hesimpl estt estasi tcanpredictthebehav iorofmet alst owardst ension.Int ensil
etest
ther
ewer eproper tiest hatcanbemeasur edwhi char eYoungModul ust odet er
mi net he
sti
ff
nessoft hemat er
ial.Yiel
dStrengthar et hepointwher et hemat erialstarttodef orm
whil
eToughnessar et heamountofener gyabsor bedbef oret hemet alsdef orm.Then
Ductili
tywhichar et hemeasur ementoft hemat eri
al t
ounder godef or mat i
onbef orerupture.
LastlyTensileSt rengthi sthecapacityoft hemet alstohandl et hetensi on.