Conversions for Hardness Conversions for Hardness

Brinell hardness Brinell hardness Tensile

Rockwell hardness Tensile Vickers Rockwell hardness
Vickers 10mm ball 3000kg load 10mm ball 3000kg load Strength
Shore Strength Shore
Hardness Tungsten Hardness Tungsten
Standard hardness MPa Standard hardness MPa
(DPH) carbide B-scale C-scale (DPH) carbide B-scale C-scale
ball (approx.) ball (approx.)
ball ball
940 - - - 68.0 97 - 410 388 388 - 41.8 - 1334
920 - - - 67.5 96 - 400 379 379 - 40.8 55 1285
900 - - - 67.0 95 - 390 369 369 - 39.8 - 1245
880 - 767 - 66.4 93 - 380 360 360 (110.0) 38.8 52 1206
860 - 757 - 65.9 92 - 370 350 350 - 37.7 - 1177
840 - 745 - 65.3 91 - 360 341 341 (109.0) 36.6 50 1128
820 - 733 - 64.7 90 - 350 331 331 - 35.5 - 1098
800 - 722 - 64.0 88 - 340 322 322 (108.0) 34.4 47 1069
780 - 710 - 63.3 87 - 330 313 313 - 33.3 - 1030
760 - 698 - 62.5 86 - 320 303 303 (107.0) 32.2 45 1010
740 - 684 - 61.8 84 - 310 294 294 - 31.0 - 981
720 - 670 - 61.0 83 - 300 284 284 (105.5) 29.8 42 951
700 - 656 - 60.1 81 - 295 280 280 - 29.2 - 941
690 - 647 - 59.7 - - 290 275 275 (104.5) 28.5 41 922
680 - 638 - 59.2 80 - 285 270 270 - 27.8 - 902
670 - 630 - 58.8 - - 280 265 265 (103.5) 27.1 40 892
660 - 620 - 58.3 79 - 275 261 261 - 26.4 - 873
650 - 611 - 57.8 - - 270 256 256 (102.0) 25.6 38 853
640 - 601 - 57.3 77 - 265 252 252 - 24.8 - 843
630 - 591 - 56.8 - - 260 247 247 (101.0) 24.0 37 824
620 - 582 - 56.3 75 - 255 243 243 - 23.1 - 804
610 - 573 - 55.7 - - 250 238 238 99.5 22.2 36 794
600 - 564 - 55.2 74 - 245 233 233 - 21.3 - 775
590 - 554 - 54.7 - 2095
240 228 228 98.1 20.3 34 765
580 - 545 - 54.1 72 2020
230 219 219 96.7 (18.0) 33 736
570 - 535 - 53.6 - 1981
220 209 209 95.0 (15.7) 32 696
560 - 525 - 53.0 71 1952
210 200 200 93.4 (13.4) 30 667
550 505 517 - 52.3 - 1912
200 190 190 91.5 (11.0) 29 637
540 496 507 - 51.7 69 1863
190 181 181 89.5 (8.5) 28 608
530 488 497 - 51.1 - 1824
180 171 171 87.1 (6.0) 26 579
520 480 488 - 50.5 67 1795
510 473 479 - 49.8 - 1755 170 162 162 85.0 (3.0) 25 549
500 465 471 - 49.1 66 1706 160 152 152 81.7 (0.0) 24 520
490 456 460 - 48.4 - 1657 150 143 143 78.7 - 22 490
480 448 452 - 47.7 64 1618 140 133 133 75.0 - 21 451
470 441 442 - 46.9 - 1569 130 124 124 71.2 - 20 431
460 433 433 - 46.1 62 1530 120 114 114 66.7 - - 392
450 425 425 - 45.3 - 1500 110 105 105 62.3 - - -
440 415 415 - 44.5 59 1461 100 95 95 56.2 - - -
430 405 405 - 43.6 - 1412 95 90 90 52.0 - - -
420 397 397 - 42.7 57 1373 90 86 86 48.0 - - -
85 81 81 41.0 - - -
Note: These conversions are excerpted from the relevant JIS and ASTM standards, which are based on
the data of carbon steels. Therefore, weld metals may exhibit different conversions more or less
particularly in the case of alloyed weld metals with higher hardness.

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