Listed below are common American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards that reference hardness testing.
Newage Testing Instruments recommends that you obtain a copy of the appropriate standard for your application and that you read and understand the standard prior to testing. You may purchase the ASTM standard from the American Society for Testing and Materials, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, Phone 610-832-9585, Web www.astm.org.
ASTM Standard
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Description
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| A956 |
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Standard Test Method for Equotip Hardness Testing of Steel Products
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| B277 |
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Standard Test Method for Hardness Testing of Electrical Contact Materials
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| B294 |
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Standard Test Method for Hardness Testing of Cemented Carbides
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| B578 |
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Standard Test Method for Microhardness of Electro-plated Coatings
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| B647 |
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Standard Test Method for Indentation Hardness of Aluminum Alloys by Mean of a Webster Hardness Gage
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| B721 |
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Standard Test Method for Microhardness and Case Depth Testing of Powder Metallurgy Parts
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B724
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Standard Test Method for Indentation Hardness of Aluminum Alloys by Means of a Newage Portable Non-Caliper-type Instrument
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| C661 |
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Standard Test Method for Indentation Hardness of Elastomeric-type Sealants by Means of a Durometer
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| C730 |
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Standard Test Method for Knoop Indentation Hardness of Glass
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| C748 |
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Standard Test Method for Rockwell Hardness of Fine-Grained Graphite Materials
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C849
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Standard Test Method for Knoop Indentation Hardness of Ceramic Whitewares
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| C886 |
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Standard Test Method for Scleroscope Hardness Testing of Fine-Grained Carbon and Graphite Materials
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C1326
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Standard Test Method for Knoop Indentation Hardness of Advanced Ceramics
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C1327
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Standard Test Method for Vickers Indentation Hardness of Advanced Materials
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D785
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Standard Test Method for Rockwell Hardness of Plastic and Electrical Insulating Materials
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D1415
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Standard Test Method for Rubber Property-International Hardness
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D1474
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Standard Test Method for Indentation Hardness of Organic Coatings
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D2240
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Standard Test Method for Rubber Property-Durometer Hardness
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D2583
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Standard Test Method for Indentation Hardness of Rigid Plastic by Means of a Barcol Impressor
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E10
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Standard Test Method for Brinell Hardness of Metallic Materials
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E18
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Standard Test Methods for Rockwell Hardness and Rockwell Superficial Hardness of Metallic Materials
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E92
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Standard Test Method for Vickers Hardness of Metallic Materials
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E103
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Standard Test Method for Rapid Indentation Hardness Testing of Metallic Materials
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E110
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Standard Test Method for Indentation Hardness of Metallic Materials by Portable Hardness Testers
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E140
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Standard Hardness Conversion Tables for Metals
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E384
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Standard Test Method for Microhardness of Materials
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| E1842 |
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Standard Test Method for Macro-Rockwell Hardness Testing of Metallic Materials
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F1957
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Standard Test Method for Composite Foam Hardness-Durometer Hardness
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