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Macro
Vickers
Model
No.
900
‐
398
Hardness
Tester
ASTM Hardness Conversion Chart
Rockwell C Hardness Range
Approximate Hardness Conversion Numbers for Non-Austenitic Steels, According to ASTM E-140
The Conversion Values contained herein should be considered approximate only and may be inaccurate for specific
applications
C
A
D
15N
30N
45N
Vickers
Knoop
Brinell
Tensile
150 kgt
60 kgt
100kgt
15kgt
30 kgt
45 kgt
Hardness
Hardness
Hardness
Strength
diamond
diamond
diamond
diamond
diamond
diamond
500gr
3000kgt
1000 lbs/
and over
10mm ball square in
68
85.6
76.9
93.2
84.4
75.4
940
920
..
..
67
85.0
76.1
92.9
83.6
74.2
900
895
..
..
66
84.5
75.4
92.5
82.8
73.3
865
870
..
..
65
83.9
74.5
92.2
81.9
72.0
832
846
(739)
64
83.4
73.8
91.8
81.1
71.0
800
822
(722)
63
82.8
73.0
91.4
80.1
69.9
772
799
(705)
62
82.3
72.2
91.1
79.3
68.8
745
776
(688)
61
81.8
71.5
90.7
78.4
67.7
720
754
(670)
60
81.2
70.7
90.2
77.5
66.6
697
732
(654)
59
80.7
69.9
89.8
76.6
65.5
674
710
(634)
351
58
80.1
69.2
89.3
75.7
64.3
653
690
615
338
57
79.6
68.5
88.9
74.8
63.2
633
670
595
325
56
79.0
67.7
88.3
73.9
62.0
613
650
577
313
55
78.5
66.9
87.9
73.0
60.9
595
630
560
301
54
78.0
66.1
87.4
72.0
59.8
577
612
543
292
53
77.4
65.4
86.9
71.2
58.6
560
594
525
283
52
76.8
64.6
84.4
70.2
57.4
544
576
512
273
51
76.3
63.8
85.9
69.4
56.1
528
558
496
264
50
75.9
63.1
85.5
68.5
55.0
513
542
481
255
49
75.2
62.1
85.0
67.6
53.8
498
526
469
246
48
74.7
61.4
84.6
66.7
52.5
484
510
455
237
47
74.1
60.8
83.9
65.8
51.4
471
495
443
229
46
73.6
60
83.5
64.8
50.3
458
480
432
221
45
73.1
59.2
83.0
64.0
49.0
446
466
421
215
44
72.5
58.5
82.5
63.1
47.8
434
452
409
208
43
72.0
57.7
82.0
62.2
46.7
423
438
400
201
42
71.5
56.9
81.5
61.3
45.5
412
426
390
195
41
70.9
56.2
80.9
60.4
44.3
402
414
381
188
40
70.4
55.4
80.4
59.5
43.1
392
402
371
182
39
69.9
54.6
79.9
58.6
41.9
382
391
362
177
38
69.4
53.8
79.4
57.7
40.8
372
380
353
171
37
68.9
53.1
78.8
56.8
39.6
363
370
344
166