Vickers Hardness Testing

Vickers hardness

Vickers hardness testing is the most versatile testing method as it can be used with any test force.  More specifically there are many applications of micro hardness below 9.807N. Vickers hardness is the test force F divided by the constant area S (mm”) of the indenter and the sample calculated on the diagonal length d ( the average of 2 directions in mm) of the impression made when a pyramid shaped diamond indenter  (Ѳ = 136 between opposite faces) is pressed into the sample by the test force F (N) and then removed.