ABSTRACT ALTHOUGH the hardness of a substance is not a physical constant, and cannot be expressed as a function of known physical constants, the idea of hardness is a familiar one, and

empirical determinations of hardness play a great part in the study of materials. Methods depending on scratching now take only a subordinate place, and ‘resistance to indentation’ is the

most generally accepted definition of hardness. The Brinell test, in which a hard ball is pressed into the object under a known load, forms the basis of most hardness testing, but the

introduction of the diamond pyramid, as in the Vickers test, in place of a steel ball, has given greater precision to the test. The Hardness of Metals and its Measurement By Dr. Hugh

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