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E448Standard Practice for Scleroscope Hardness Testing of Metallic Materials E1842Standard Test Method for Macro-Rockwell Hardness Testing of Metallic Materials A833Standard Practice for Indentation Hardness of Metallic Materials by Comparison Hardness Testers
A623Standard Specification for Tin Mill Products, General Requirements A956Standard Test Method for Equotip Hardness Testing of Steel Products
B277Standard Test Method for Hardness of Electrical Contact Materials
B294Standard Test Method for Hardness Testing of Cemented Carbides
B578Standard Test Method for Microhardness of Electroplated Coatings
B647Standard Test Method for Indentation Hardness of Aluminum Alloys by Means of a Webster Hardness Gage
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Standard Test Method for Indentation Hardness of Aluminum Alloys by Means of a Barcol Impressor B721Standard Test Method for Microhardness and Case Depth of Powder Metallurgy (P/M) Parts
B724Standard Test Method for Indentation Hardness of Aluminum Alloys by Means of a Newage Portable Non-Caliper-Type Instrument
B934Standard Test Method for Effective Case Depth of Ferrous Powder Metallurgy (P/M) Parts UsingMicroindentation Hardness Measurements
C661Standard Test Method for Indentation Hardness of Elastomeric-Type Sealants by Means of a Durometer
C730Standard Test Method for Knoop Indentation Hardness of Glass
C748Standard Test Method for Rockwell Hardness of Fine-Grained Graphite Materials
C849Standard Test Method for Knoop Indentation Hardness of Ceramic Whitewares
C886Standard Test Method for Scleroscope Hardness Testing of Fine-Grained Carbon and Graphite Materials
C1326Standard Test Method for Knoop Indentation Hardness of Advanced Ceramics C1327Standard Test Method for Vickers Indentation Hardness of Advanced Ceramics
D785Standard Test Method for Rockwell Hardness of Plastics and Electrical Insulating Materials
D1415Standard Test Method for Rubber Property-International Hardness D1474Standard Test Methods for Indentation Hardness of Organic Coatings
D2240Standard Test Method for Rubber Property-Durometer Hardness
D2583Standard Test Method for Indentation Hardness of Rigid Plastics by Means of a Barcol Impressor
F1957Standard Test Method for Composite Foam Hardness-Durometer Hardness
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2- ASM Metals Handbook, Volume 8: Mechanical Testing, 10th ed., ASM International,Materials Park, OH, 1990
3- George E. Dieter, Mechanical Metallurgy, Chapter 9, McGraw-Hill, 19884- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brinell_scale5- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_August_Brinell6- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockwell_scale7- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoop_hardness_test8- http://www.worldoftest.com/index.htm
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