With the Brinell hardness test, a carbide ball is pressed into the material. The indentation surface serves as a measure of the hardness. Vickers hardness testing is performed in the same way, but it uses a pyramidshaped indenter made of diamond. In Rockwell hardness testing, the hardness value is determined on the basis of the indentation depth of a diamond cone or a cemented carbide ball. Learn more about these methods in this video.

00:00 Definition of hardness
02:15 Brinell hardness test procedure
04:08 Calculation of Brinell hardness value
05:49 Range of validity with Brinell method
07:50 Load factor
10:58 Spherical indenters
13:46 Vickers hardness test procedure
14:58 Calculation of Vickers hardness value
16:00 Range of validity
17:04 Test ranges
19:47 Indication of Vickers hardness
20:38 Rockwell hardness test procedure
21:22 Calculation of Rockwell hardness value
23:09 Testing with diamond cones
25:21 Testing with cemented carbide balls
27:29 Range of validity
29:14 Advantages and disadvantages
30:16 Comparison of hardness values