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Rockwell C Hardness Conversion

Approximate Conversion Numbers for Non-austenitic Steels

Tensile
Rockwell Superficial Rockwell Brinell Vickers Knoop
Strength
10 mm
Diamond Diamond
Diamond Penetrator Diamond Penetrator Carbide Steel
Pyramid Penetrator
Ball

C Scale D Scale A Scale 60 15N Scale 30N Scale 45N Scale 3000 kgf 500 gf & Equiv. 1000 lb
10 kgf
150 kgf 100 kgf kgf 15 kgf 30 kgf 45 kgf Hardness over sq in

68 77 86 93 84 75 940 920
67 76 85 93 84 74 900 895
66 76 85 93 83 73 865 870
65 75 84 92 82 72 832 846
64 74 84 92 81 71 800 822
63 73 83 91 80 70 772 799
62 73 83 91 79 69 746 776
61 72 82 91 79 68 720 754
60 71 81 90 78 67 697 732
59 70 81 90 77 66 634 674 710
58 69 80 89 76 64 615 653 690
57 69 80 89 75 63 595 633 670
56 68 79 88 74 62 577 613 650
55 67 79 88 73 61 560 595 630
54 66 78 87 72 60 543 577 612
53 65 77 87 71 59 525 560 594
52 65 77 86 70 57 512 544 576
51 64 76 86 69 56 496 528 558
50 63 76 86 69 55 481 513 542
49 62 75 85 68 54 469 498 526
48 61 75 85 67 53 455 484 510
47 61 74 84 66 51 443 471 495
46 60 73 84 65 50 432 458 480
45 59 73 83 64 49 421 446 466
44 59 73 83 63 48 409 434 452
43 58 72 82 62 47 400 423 438
42 57 72 82 61 46 390 412 426
41 56 71 81 60 44 381 402 414
40 55 70 80 60 43 371 392 402
39 55 70 80 59 42 362 382 391
38 54 69 79 58 41 353 372 380
37 53 69 79 57 40 344 363 370
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Fax: 800-219-9096
E-mail: sales@labtesting.com
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2331 Topaz Drive, Hatfield, PA 19440

Rockwell C Hardness Conversion

Approximate Conversion Numbers for Non-austenitic Steels

Tensile
Rockwell Superficial Rockwell Brinell Vickers Knoop
Strength
10 mm
Diamond Diamond
Diamond Penetrator Diamond Penetrator Carbide Steel
Pyramid Penetrator
Ball

C Scale D Scale A Scale 60 15N Scale 30N Scale 45N Scale 3000 kgf 500 gf & Equiv. 1000 lb
10 kgf
150 kgf 100 kgf kgf 15 kgf 30 kgf 45 kgf Hardness over sq in

36 52 68 78 56 38 336 354 360

35 52 68 78 55 37 327 345 351
34 51 67 77 54 36 319 336 342
33 50 67 77 53 38 311 327 334
32 49 66 76 52 34 301 318 326
31 48 66 76 51 33 294 310 318
30 48 65 75 50 31 286 302 311
29 47 65 75 50 30 279 294 304
28 46 64 74 49 29 271 286 297
27 45 64 73 48 28 264 279 290
26 45 63 73 47 27 258 272 284
25 44 63 72 46 26 253 266 278
24 43 62 72 45 24 247 260 272
23 42 62 71 44 23 243 254 266
22 42 62 71 43 22 237 248 261
21 41 61 70 42 21 231 243 256
20 40 61 69 42 20 226 238 251

NOTE: For a more accurate comparison, see ASTM E 140