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Brinell hardness

Brinell hardness tester
A measure of resistance of a material to indentation; obtained by use of a machine which presses a standard hard steel or carbide ball into the material, under standard loading conditions; expressed by the Brinell hardness number—the higher the number, the harder the material.
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Keywords: fracture toughness, Brinell hardness; material properties degradation; low temperatures; thermoactivated plastic strain.
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Readings can be in either Brinell hardness or Rockwell hardness values.
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* Narrow Brinell hardness window of 475 to 505 HBW.
Occasionally, buyers will ask for a specific Brinell hardness in the casting.
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