COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

EXPERIMENT NO. 2
VICKERS HARDNESS TESTING METHOD

SUBMITTED BY:
BADILLA, MAURICE TROIE M.
BATAC, CLARENCE
CANUMAY, NEIL ASHLEY C.
ESPERANZA, VINCENT RAUL
HEREDIA, JONAS LOUIE D.
PUNZALAN, MARIA ISABEL T.
SY, ALEXANDER T.
TULIN, EDDIEMAR M.

DATE PERFORMED: MARCH 06. 2020

DATE SUBMITTED: TBA

PROF. GONZALO SALVADOR

PROFESSOR
 EXPERIMENT NO. 2
VICKERS HARDNESS TESTING METHOD

I. OBJECTIVES

1. TO UNDERSTAND THE PRINCIPLE AND STRUCTURE OF

VICKERS HARDNESS TESTER

2. TO KNOW THE METHOD OF EXPERIMENT WITH VICKERS

HARDNESS TESTER

3. TO DETERMINE THE HARDNESS OF SELECTED

MATERIALS

II. MATERIALS

 CAST IRON
 STAINLESS STEEL
III. PROCEDURE

1. TURN ON THE POWER SWITCH

2. SELECT PROPER LOAD AT 30 KILOGRAM FORCE
3. SET LOADING TIME AT FIVE SECONDS
4. PLACE THE SPECIMEN IN THE ANVIL
5. ELEVATE THE ANVIL UNTIL THERE IS ONLY
APPROXIMATELY ONE MILLIMITER GAP BETWEEN THE
OBJECTIVE AND THE SPECIMEN
6. ADJUST THE ANVIL UNTIL YOU SEE THE SPECIMEN’S
SURFACE CLEARLY IN THE OCULAR
7. SWITCH THE OBJECTIVE WITH THE INDENTER
8. PRESS THE SWITCH UP TO 2 SECOND, WAIT UNTIL THE
LIGHT TURNS OFF
9. ADJUST THE OCULAR CALIPER TO THE EDGES OF THE
IMPRESSION
10. ADJUST THE OCULAR CALIPER VERTICALLY /
HORIZONTALLY
11. RECORD THE MEASUREMENTS
12. REPEAT THE STEPS TO THE OTHER MATERIALS
IV. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

VHN
SPECIMEN HORIZONTAL VERTICAL AVERAGE
(KGF/MM2)

STAINLESS
0.454 MM 0.481 MM 0.4675 MM 254.49
STEEL

CAST IRON 0.497 MM 0.502 MM 0.4995 MM 222.93

*Due to some irregularities in the materials and the tester, the

horizontal and vertical measurements are not identical so we took
their average.

IN THIS EXPERIMENT, THE DATA SHOWS THAT THE

CAST IRON HAS SLIGHTLY LARGER IMPRESSION
AVERAGING 0.4995 MM COMPARE TO 0.4675 MM AVERAGE
OF THE STAINLESS STEEL. THEN IT STATES THAT THE
STAINLESS STEEL IS SLIGHTLY HARDER THAN THE CAST
IRON.
V. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

AS FOR THIS EXPERIMENT, VICKERS HARDNESS

TESTING IS A METHOD OF PUTTING AN IMPRESSION USING
AN INDENTER WITH A SQUARE BASE TO A MATERIAL WITH
A CERTAIN LOAD TO MEASURE THE SPECIMEN’S
HARDNESS. THE FULL LOAD IS NORMALLY APPLIED FOR 10
TO 15 SECONDS. THE TWO DIAGONALS OF THE INDENTION
LEFT IN THE SURFACE OF THE SPECIMEN IS MEASURED
AND THEN THE AVERAGE IS COMPUTED. THE VICKERS
HARDNESS NUMBER CAN BE OBTAINED BY DIVIDING THE
KGF LOAD BY THE SQUARE MM AREA OF INDENTATION
THEN MULTIPLYING BY 1.854.

FOR A CLEAR AND ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS, IT IS

NECESSARY TO PREPARE THE SURFACE OF THE
SPECIMEN TO BE TESTED AND MUST BE POLISHED AND
MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NOT VIBRATION MOVEMENT
DURING THE TESTING PROCESS.