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hardness

vr.tr.hardness · XCT.QLT

Let an agent explain hardness and its measurement, relay the main scales and their applicability from materials science references, describe wood, rubber and coating hardness tests, and distinguish hardness from strength, toughness, stiffness and water hardness.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain hardness and its measurement, relay the main scales and their applicability from materials science references, describe wood, rubber and coating hardness tests, and distinguish hardness from strength, toughness, stiffness and water hardness.

The resistance of a material to localised plastic deformation such as indentation, scratching or abrasion, measured by scratch hardness on the Mohs scale, by indentation hardness on the Brinell, Vickers, Rockwell and Knoop scales, by Shore durometer for rubbers and plastics, by pendulum tests such as Persoz hardness for coatings, and by Janka tests for wood hardness; hardness is an intensive property used in materials selection and quality control.

What it is for: Characterising resistance to deformation.

It can be explain the property; relay scales and tests; describe material-specific tests; distinguish related properties.

Distinguishing features

Intensive property

Many scales

Material-specific tests

Correlates with strength

What it looks like

Not a visible object; a measured property.

Physical character

Mohs scale: 1 to 10 range - talc to diamond

Vickers hardness of steel: about 100-900 HV

Shore scales: A and D among others list

Janka hardness of oak: about 5000-6000 N

How it is recognised

Resistance to indentation and scratching

Mohs, Brinell, Vickers, Rockwell, Shore, Persoz, Janka wood hardness

Strength resists fracture; toughness absorbs energy; stiffness resists elastic deformation; water hardness is mineral content

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

intensive quantity

is measured by - on several scales

hardness test

is contrasted with - energy absorption

toughness

is exemplified by - for minerals

Mohs scale

In practice

Families and kinds

scratch hardness such as Mohs

indentation hardness such as Brinell, Vickers, Rockwell and Knoop

rebound hardness such as Leeb

Shore durometer hardness for elastomers

pendulum hardness such as Persoz and Konig for coatings

wood hardness such as Janka

Standards and regulation

ISO and ASTM hardness test standards

Calibration standards for hardness testers

Failure modes and hazards

Comparing values across incompatible scales

Confusing hardness with strength or toughness

Registry aliases naming specific tests

Also called

wood hardnessShore hardnessscratch hardnessindentation hardnessPersoz hardness

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Also registered as vr.tr.hardness

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What hardness is.

Science.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is hardness, and how does it differ from strength, toughness, stiffness and water hardness? definition
  2. Is the question about the property, a scale, a material or a test? boundary

Scales

Scales.

Scales

Scales.

  1. What are scratch, indentation, rebound, Shore, Persoz and Janka hardness? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific scale? action
Measure Measurement.

Practice.

Tests

Tests.

Tests

Tests.

  1. How are hardness tests performed, and how are results reported? measurement
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Conversion

Conversion.

Conversion

Conversion.

  1. How are hardness values converted between scales, and what are the limits? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Materials Materials.

Application.

Metals

Metals and ceramics.

Metals

Metals.

  1. How is hardness used in metallurgy, heat treatment and ceramics? provenance
  2. Which entry fits heat treating? action

Soft

Polymers, coatings and wood.

Soft

Soft.

  1. How are Shore, Persoz and Janka tests used for rubbers, coatings and wood? provenance
  2. Which entry fits Janka hardness test? action
Context Science and history.

Context.

Science

Physics of hardness.

Science

Science.

  1. What determines hardness at the atomic and microstructural level? provenance
  2. Which entry fits materials science? action

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How did Mohs, Brinell and others develop hardness testing? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the history of materials testing? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should Mohs, Vickers and Shore be separate primary entries?
  • How should materials science references be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific tests; should they be split off?