HARDNESS CONVERSION TABLE

Vickers
Hardness
HV

Rockwell Hardness

Tensile
Strength
N/mm²
(kgf/mm² )

Vickers
Hardness
HV

Rockwell Hardness

Tensile
Strength
N/mm²
(kgf/mm² )

Vickers
Hardness
HV

Rockwell Hardness

Tensile
Strength
N/mm²
(kgf/mm² )

B Scale
HRB

C Scale
HRC

B Scale
HRB

C Scale
HRC

B Scale
HRB

C Scale
HRC

940
–
68.0
–
540
–
51.7
1860 (190)
280
(103.5)
27.1
890 (91)
920
–
67.5
–
530
–
51.1
1825 (186)
275
–
26.4
875 (89)
900
–
67.0
–
520
–
50.5
1795 (183)
270
(102.0)
25.6
855 (87)
880
–
66.4
–
510
–
49.8
1750 (179)
265
–
24.8
840 (86)
860
–
65.9
–
500
–
49.1
1705 (174)
260
(101.0)
24.0
825 (84)
840
–
65.3
–
490
–
48.4
1660 (169)
255
–
23.1
805 (82)
820
–
64.7
–
480
–
47.7
1620 (165)
250
99.5
22.2
795 (81)
800
–
64.0
–
470
–
46.9
1570 (160)
245
–
21.3
780 (79)
780
–
63.3
–
460
–
46.1
1530 (156)
240
98.1
20.3
765 (78)
760
–
62.5
–
450
–
45.3
1495 (153)
230
96.7
(18.0)
730 (75)
740
–
61.8
–
440
–
44.5
1460 (149)
220
95.0
(15.7)
695 (71)
720
–
61.0
–
430
–
43.6
1410 (144)
210
93.4
(13.4)
670 (68)
700
–
60.1
–
420
–
42.7
1370 (140)
200
91.5
(11.0)
635 (65)
690
–
59.7
–
410
–
41.8
1330 (136)
190
89.5
(8.5)
605 (62)
680
–
59.2
–
400
–
40.8
1290 (131)
180
87.1
(6.0)
580 (59)
670
–
58.8
–
390
–
39.8
1240 (127)
170
85.0
(3.0)
545 (56)
660
–
58.3
–
380
(110.0)
38.8
1205 (123)
160
81.7
(0.0)
510 (53)
650
–
57.8
–
370
–
37.7
1170 (120)
150
78.7
–
490 (50)
640
–
57.3
–
360
(109.0)
36.6
1130 (115)
140
75.0
–
455 (46)
630
–
56.8
–
350
–
35.5
1095 (112)
130
71.2
–
425 (44)
620
–
56.3
–
340
(108.0)
34.4
1070 (109)
120
66.7
–
390 (40)
610
–
55.7
–
330
–
33.3
1035 (105)
110
62.3
–
–
600
–
55.2
–
320
(107.0)
32.2
1005 (103)
100
56.2
–
–
590
–
54.7
2055 (210)
310
–
31.0
980 (100)
95
52.0
–
–
580
–
54.1
2020 (206)
300
(105.5)
29.8
950 (97)
90
48.0
–
–
570
–
53.6
1985 (202)
295
–
29.2
935 (96)
85
41.0
–
–
560
53.0
1950 (199)
290
(104.5)
28.5
915 (94)
550
52.3
1905 (194)
285
–
27.8
905 (92)

 

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