ASTM Hardness Standards Description

A956 Standard Test Method for Equotip Hardness Testing of Steel Products

B277 Standard Test Method for Hardness Testing of Electrical Contact Materials

B294 Standard Test Method for Hardness Testing of Cemented Carbides

B578 Standard Test Method for Microhardness of Electro-plated Coatings

B647 Standard Test Method for Indentation Hardness of Aluminum Alloys by Mean of a Webster Hardness
Gage

B721 Standard Test Method for Microhardness and Case Depth Testing of Powder Metallurgy Parts

B724 Standard Test Method for Indentation Hardness of Aluminum Alloys by Means of a Newage Portable
Non-Caliper-type Instrument

C661 Standard Test Method for Indentation Hardness of Elastomeric-type Sealants by Means of a Durometer

C730 Standard Test Method for Knoop Indentation Hardness of Glass

C748 Standard Test Method for Rockwell Hardness of Fine-Grained Graphite Materials

C849 Standard Test Method for Knoop Indentation Hardness of Ce ramic Whitewares

C886 Standard Test Method for Scleroscope Hardness Testing of Fine-Grained Carbon and Graphite Materials

C1326 Standard Test Method for Knoop Indentation Hardness of Advanced Ceramics

C1327 Standard Test Method for Vickers Indentation Hardness of Advanced Materials

D785 Standard Test Method for Rockwell Hardness of Plastic and Electrical Insulating Materials

D1415 Standard Test Method for Rubber Property-International Hardness

D1474 Standard Test Method for Indentation Hardness of Organic Coatings

D2240 Standard Test Method for Rubber Property-Durometer Hardness

D2583 Standard Test Method for Indentation Hardness of Rigid Plastic by Means of a Barcol Impressor

E10 Standard Test Method for Brinell Hardness of Metallic Materials

E18 Standard Test Methods for Rockwell Hardness and Rockwell Superficial Hardness of Metallic Materials

E92 Standard Test Method for Vickers Hardness of Metallic Materials

E103 Standard Test Method for Rapid Indentation Hardness Testing of Metallic Materials

E110 Standard Test Method for Indentation Hardness of Metallic Materials by Portable Hardness Testers

E140 Standard Hardness Conversion Tables for Metals

E384 Standard Test Method for Microhardness of Materials

E1842 Standard Test Method for Macro-Rockwell Hardness Testing of Metallic Materials

F1957 Standard Test Method for Composite Foam Hardness-Durometer Hardness

ASTM E-10 Brinell Hardness

 Verification of Brinell Hardness Testing Machines

 Brinell Hardness Standardizing Machines
 Standardization of Brinell Hardness Indenters
 Standardization of Brinell Hardness Test Blocks
 Table of Brinell Hardness Numbers
 Examples of Procedures for Determining
 Brinell Hardness Uncertainty

ISO-6506 Metallic materials — Brinell hardness test :

 Part 1: Test method

 Part 2: Verification and calibration of testing machines
 Part 3: Calibration of reference blocks
 Part 4: Table of hardness values

ASTM E-140 Conversion table for hardness

 TABLE 1 Hardness Conversion Non-Austenitic Steels (Rockwell C Hardness Range)A, B

 TABLE 2 Hardness Conversion Non-Austenitic Steels (Rockwell B Hardness Range)A, B
 TABLE 3 Hardness Conversion Nickel and High-Nickel AlloysA, B, C
 TABLE 4 Hardness Conversion Cartridge Brass (70 % Copper 30 % Zinc Alloy)A,B
 TABLE 5 Brinell-Rockwell B Hardness Conversion Austenitic Stainless Steel Plate in Annealed ConditionA,B
 TABLE 6 Rockwell Hardness Conversion Austenitic Stainless Steel SheetA,B
 TABLE 7 Hardness Conversion Copper, No. 102 to 142 InclusiveA, B
 TABLE 8 Hardness Conversion Alloyed White Irons A, B, C
 TABLE 9 Hardness Conversion Wrought Aluminum ProductsA, B, C
 TABLE 10 Leeb (Type D) Hardness Conversion Non-Austenitic Steels (Rockwell C Hardness Range)A,B

ASTM E-29 Using Significant Digits in Test Data to Determine Conformance with Specifications.

 Determining conformance with specifications

 This standard is only valid for absolute method or rounding method
 The system of units for this practice is not specified.

ASTM E-384 Test Method for Micro indentation Hardness of Materials; Knoop and Vickers

 VERIFICATION OF KNOOP AND VICKERS HARDNESS TESTING MACHINES AND INDENTERS

 CALIBRATION OF STANDARDIZED HARDNESS TEST BLOCKS FOR MICROINDENTATION HARDNESS
 RESULTS OF INTERLABORATORY TEST OF THE MEASUREMENT OF MICROINDENTATIONS
 RESULTS OF AN INTERLABORATORY TEST COMPARING MICROINDENTATION HARDNESS TESTING USING MANUAL
AND AUTOMATED MEASURING SYSTEMS
 RESULTS OF INTERLABORATORY TEST OF THE MEASUREMENT OF MICROINDENTATIONS
 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LIGHT FORCE MICROINDENTATION HARDNESS TESTING
 A PRIMER ON CHOOSING THE INDENTER AND TEST FORCE
ASTM E-92 Vickers and Knoop Hardness

 Verification of Vickers and Knoop Hardness Testing Machines

 Vickers and Knoop Hardness Standardizing Machines
 Standardization of Vickers and Knoop Indenters
 Standardization of Vickers and Knoop Hardness Test Blocks
 Correction Factors for Vickers Hardness Tests Made on Spherical and Cylindrical Surfaces