The Rockwell hardness test method is specified by several national and international standards. In North America, most Rockwell hardness testing is performed in accordance with standards published by the ASTM (2) . In other countries throughout the world, industry testing may be in accordance with a nationally published standard, but increasingly, countries are adopting the ISO Rockwell hardness standards (3,4,5) The International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML) publishes Rockwell hardness documents referred to as International Recommendations (6,7,8,9) for countries desiring to regulate Rockwell hardness testing for legal purposes. Presently, use of the OIML documents is very meager. Listed below are the document standards specifying requirements for Rockwell hardness testing, as well as other documents related to Rockwell hardness testing.
p>2.5.1 ASTM
ASTM E 18 – 2000, Standard Test Methods for Rockwell Hardness and
Rockwell Superficial Hardness of Metallic Materials
Related ASTM standards:
ASTM E 110 – 82 (Reapproved 1997), Standard Test Method for
Indentation Hardness of Metallic Materials by Portable Hardness Testers
ASTM E 140 – 97, Standard Hardness Conversion Tables for Metals
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2.5.2 ISO
ISO 6508-1 Metallic Materials – Rockwell hardness test (scales A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, N, T) – Part 1: Test method, 1999-09-01 ISO 6508-2 Metallic Materials – Rockwell hardness test (scales A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, N, T) – Part 2: Verification of testing machines, 1999-09-01 ISO 6508-3 Metallic Materials – Rockwell hardness test (scales A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, N, T) – Part 3: Calibration of reference blocks, 1999-09-01
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2.5.3 OIML
OIML International Recommendation No. 11 (1974), Verification and calibration of “Rockwell B" hardness standardized blocks
OIML International Recommendation No. 12 (1974), Verification and calibration of “Rockwell C" hardness standardized blocks
OIML International Recommendation No. 36 (1976), Verification of indenters for hardness testing machines (Systems: Brinell – Rockwell B, F, and T – Vickers – Rockwell C, A, and N)
OIML International Recommendation No. 39 (1981), Verification of hardness testing machines (Rockwell B, F, T - C, A, N systems
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