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    As with the Brinell test the diagonal measurement is converted to a hardness figure by referring to a set of tables. The hardness may be reported as Vickers Hardness number (VHN), Diamond Pyramid Number (DPN) or, most commonly, Hvxx. The small impression also means that the surface must be flat and perpendicular to the indentor and should have a better than 300 grit finish.

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    As with the Brinell test the diagonal measurement is converted to a hardness figure by referring to a set of tables. The hardness may be reported as Vickers Hardness number (VHN), Diamond Pyramid Number (DPN) or, most commonly, Hvxx. The small impression also means that the surface must be flat and perpendicular to the indentor and should have a better than 300 grit finish.

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    As with the Brinell test the diagonal measurement is converted to a hardness figure by referring to a set of tables. The hardness may be reported as Vickers Hardness number (VHN), Diamond Pyramid Number (DPN) or, most commonly, Hvxx. The small impression also means that the surface must be flat and perpendicular to the indentor and should have a better than 300 grit finish.

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    of 3

    AsillustratedinFig.

    3(b)twodiagonals,d1andd2,aremeasured,averagedandthe
    surfaceareacalculatedthendividedintotheloadapplied.AswiththeBrinelltestthe
    diagonalmeasurementisconvertedtoahardnessfigurebyreferringtoasetoftables.
    ThehardnessmaybereportedasVickersHardnessnumber(VHN),Diamond
    PyramidNumber(DPN)or,mostcommonly,Hvxxwhere'xx'representstheloadused
    duringthetest.

    Asmentionedearlier,theVickersindentationissmallerthantheBrinellimpression
    andthusfarsmallerareascanbetested,makingitpossibletocarryoutasurvey

    acrossaweldedjoint,includingindividualrunsandtheheataffectedzones.Thesmall
    impressionalsomeansthatthesurfacemustbeflatandperpendiculartotheindentor
    andshouldhaveabetterthan300gritfinish.
    ErrorsinHardnessTesting
    Therearemanyfactorsthatcanaffecttheaccuracyofthehardnesstest.Someofthese
    suchasflatnessandsurfacefinishhavealreadybeenmentionedabovebutitisworth
    reemphasisingthepointthatflatnessismostimportantamaximumangleof
    approximately1wouldberegardedasacceptable.

    Toachievetherequiredflatnesstoleranceandsurfacefinishsurfacegrindingor
    machiningmaybenecessary.Thecorrectloadmustbeappliedandtoachievethis
    theremustbenofrictionintheloadingsystemotherwisetheimpressionwillbe
    smallerthanexpectedregularmaintenanceandcalibrationofthemachineis
    thereforeessential.TheconditionoftheindentoriscrucialwhilsttheVickers
    diamondisunlikelytodeterioratewithuseunlessitisdamagedorloosenedinits
    mountingbyclumsyhandling,theBrinellballwilldeformoveraperiodoftimeand
    inaccuratereadingswillresult.Thisdeteriorationwillbeacceleratedifalarge
    proportionoftheworkisonhardmaterials.Thelengthoftimethattheloadisapplied
    isimportantandmustbecontrolled.
    Thespecimendimensionsareimportantifthetestpieceistoothinthehardnessof
    thespecimentablewillaffecttheresult.Asaruleofthumbthespecimenthickness
    shouldbetentimesthedepthoftheimpressionfortheBrinelltestandtwicethatof
    theVickersdiagonal.Similarly,iftheimpressionistooclosetothespecimenedge
    thenlowhardnessvalueswillberecordedagainasaruletheimpressionshouldbe
    some4to5timestheimpressiondiameterfromanyfreeedge.Performinghardness
    testingoncylindricalsurfacesegpipesandtubes,theradiusofcurvaturewillaffect
    theindentationshapeandcanleadtoerrors.Itmaybenecessarytoapplyacorrection
    factorthisiscoveredinanISOspecification,ISO6507Part1.

    Thespecimentableshouldberigidlysupportedandmustbeingoodconditionburrs
    orraisededgesbeneaththesamplewillgivelowreadings.Impactloadingmustbe
    avoided.Itisveryeasytoforcetheindentorintothespecimensurfacewhenraising
    thetableintoposition.Thiscanstraintheequipmentanddamagetheindentor.
    Operatortrainingiscrucialandregularvalidationorcalibrationisessentialif
    hardnessrestresultsaretobeaccurateandreproducible.
    ThisarticlewaswrittenbyGeneMathers.

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