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Glossary of Hardness Testing Terminology
A
Age-Hardening
Air-Hardening Steel
Allotropy
Alloy
Alloy Steel
Alloying Element
Annealing
Anodizing
Austempering
Austenite
Austenitic Steels
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B
Balanced Steel
Ball Indenter
Base Metal
Basic Steel
Billet
Blast Furnace
Bloom
Boron Steels
Brale®
Bright Annealing
Bright Drawing
Brinell Hardness Test
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C
Carbide
Carbon Steel
Carbo-Nitriding
Carburizing
Case-Hardening
Cast Iron
Cast Steel
Casting
Cementite
Cermet
Clad Metal
Coefficient of Expansion
Cogging
Cold Drawing
Cold Treatment
Cold Working
Continuous Casting
Core
Creep
Critical Cooling Rate
Critical Point
Critical Temperature
Cyanide Hardening
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D
Dead Soft Temper
Decalescence
Decarburization
Deoxidation
Diamond Pyramid Hardness Test
Drawing
Drop Forging
Ductility
Durability
Durometer
Dwell Time
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E
Elastic Limit
Elasticity
Elastic Recovery
Electroslag Refining
Elevated Temperature Drawing
Elongation
End Quench Test
Extrusion
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F
Fatigue
Fatigue Limit
Fatigue Testing
Ferrite
Ferritic Steel
Ferro Alloys
Finished Steel
Flame Hardening
Flow Stress
Foil
Forging
Fracture
Freecutting Steels
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G
Galvanic Action
Galvanized Steel
Galvannealed
Gas Carburizing
Gauge
Gauge Length
Gauge Plate
Grain Boundary
Grain Growth
Grain Size Control
Grain Size Measurement
Graphitizing
Gray Iron
Grinding Cracks
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H
Hard Metal Facing
Hard Metals
Hardenability
Hardening
Hardness
Hardness Value
Heat Treatment
High Speed Steel
High-Strength Low-Alloy Steel
Hooke’s Law
Hot Quenching
Hot Work
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I
Indentation Test
Indenter
Induction Hardening
Ingot
Intermediate Annealing
International Rubber Hardness Degrees (IRHD) Test
Interrupted Aging
Interrupted Quenching
Isothermal Annealing
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J
Jominy Test
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K
Killed Steel
Knoop Hardness Test
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L
Leeb Test
Low-Carbon Steel
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M
Macrohardness
Macrostructure
Major Load
Malleability
Maraging
Maraging Steel
Martempering
Maximum Stress
Medium Carbon Steel
Micro Hardness
Minor Load (Preload)
Modulus of Elasticity
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N
Necking
Non-Ferrous Metals
Non-Refractory Alloy
Normalizing
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O
Occlusion
Ocular Scale
Oil Hardening Steel
Orange Peel Effect
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P
Parkerizing
Pearlite
Pickling
Plastic Penetration
Plasticity
Post-Heating
Pot Quenching
Precipitation Hardening
Proof Stress
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Q
Quench Aging
Quenching
Quenching Crack
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R
Red Hardness
Residual Stress
Rimmed Steel
Rockwell Hardness Testing
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S
Scale
Scleroscope
Secondary Hardness
Shearing Test
Shore® Hardness
Skelp
Soaking
Spring Temper
Stabilization
Stainless Steel
Superficial Rockwell Test
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T
Temper
Temper Brittleness
Tempering
Tensile Strength
Tensile Test
Torsion Strength
Toughness
Transverse Strength
Tungsten
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U
Ultrasonic Microhardness Test
Unkilled Steel
Upsetting
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V
Vacuum Annealing
Vickers Hardness Test
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W
White Annealing
White Iron
Work Hardening
Wrought Iron
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Y
Yield Point
Yield Strength
Young’s Modulus
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