Posted by Gordon England on September 29, 2003 at 11:39:08:
In Reply to: Microhardness/Plastic Strain Conversion posted by Jill Collins on September 17, 2003 at 12:38:13:
: Hi
: Does anyone know of an equation to convert Microhardness to Plastic Strain.
: I am mainly looking at low carbon steel and my HV's
: are from Vickers tests...
Hi Jill
Hardness testing does in a sense measure the plastic deformation of a material, but it would be difficult to directly relate that to plastic strain results from tensile tests. I have not come across any conversion formula for the Vickers test, although I believe research into Rockwell type methods has been done.
Regards Gordon
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