Vickers hardness (HV) Shore hardness (HS) Vickers hardness (HV) Shore hardness (HS) Technical information Vickers hardness conversion chart Brinell hardness Brinell hardness 10Mm dia. BallLoad: 3,000kgf Rockwell hardness 2) 10Mm dia. BallLoad: 3,000kgf Rockwell hardness 2) (HB) Tensile (HB) Tensile A scaleStandard Tungsten carbideLoad: 60kgfballballDiamond point(HRA)B scaleLoad: 100kgf1.6Mm (1/16in)dia. Ball(HRB)C scaleLoad: 150kgfDiamond point(HRC)strengthMpa1)Standard Tungsten carbideballballA scaleLoad: 60kgfDiamond point(HRA)B scaleLoad: 100kgf1.6Mm (1/16in)dia. Ball(HRB)C scaleLoad: 150kgfDiamond point(HRC)strengthMpa1) 940 - - 85.6 - 68.0 97 320 303 303 66.4 (107.0) 32.2 45 1005 920 - - 85.3 - 67.5 96 310 294 294 65.8 - 31.0 - 980 900 - - 85.0 - 67.0 95 300 284 284 65.2 (105.5) 29.8 42 950 880 - (767) 84.7 - 66.4 93 295 280 280 64.8 - 29.2 - 935 860 - (757) 84.4 - 65.9 92 290 275 275 64.5 (104.5) 28.5 41 915 840 - (745) 84.1 - 65.3 91 285 270 270 64.2 - 27.8 - 905 820 - (733) 83.8 - 64.7 90 280 265 265 63.8 (103.5) 27.1 40 890 800 - (722) 83.4 - 64.0 88 275 261 261 63.5 - 26.4 - 875 780 - (710) 83.0 - 63.3 87 270 256 256 63.1 (102.0) 25.6 38 855 760 - (698) 82.6 - 62.5 86 265 252 252 62.7 - 24.8 - 840 740 - (684) 82.2 - 61.8 84 260 247 247 62.4 (101.0) 24.0 37 825 720 - (670) 81.8 - 61.0 83 255 243 243 62.0 - 23.1 - 805 700 - (656) 81.3 - 60.1 81 250 238 238 61.6 99.5 22.2 36 795 690 - (647) 81.1 - 59.7 - 245 233 233 61.2 - 21.3 - 780 680 - (638) 80.8 - 59.2 80 240 228 228 60.7 98.1 20.3 34 765 670 - 630 80.6 - 58.8 - 230 219 219 - 96.7 (18.0) 33 730 660 - 620 80.3 - 58.3 79 220 209 209 - 95.0 (15.7) 32 695 650 - 611 80.0 - 57.8 - 210 200 200 - 93.4 (13.4) 30 670 640 - 601 79.8 - 57.3 77 200 190 190 - 91.5 (11.0) 29 635 630 - 591 79.5 - 56.8 - 190 181 181 - 89.5 (8.5) 28 605 620 - 582 79.2 - 56.3 75 180 171 171 - 87.1 (6.0) 26 580 610 - 573 78.9 - 55.7 - 170 162 162 - 85.0 (3.0) 25 545 600 - 564 78.6 - 55.2 74 160 152 152 - 81.7 (0.0) 24 515 590 - 554 78.4 - 54.7 - 2055 150 143 143 - 78.7 - 22 490 580 - 545 78.0 - 54.1 72 2020 140 133 133 - 75.0 - 21 455 570 - 535 77.8 - 53.6 - 1985 130 124 124 - 71.2 - 20 425 560 - 525 77.4 - 53.0 71 1950 120 114 114 - 66.7 - - 390 550 505 517 77.0 - 52.3 - 1905 110 105 105 - 62.3 - - - 540 496 507 76.7 - 51.7 69 1860 100 95 95 - 56.2 - - - R 530 488 497 76.4 - 51.1 - 1825 95 90 90 - 52.0 - - - 520 480 488 76.1 - 50.5 67 1795 90 86 86 - 48.0 - - - 510 473 479 75.7 - 49.8 - 1750 85 81 81 - 41.0 - - - 500 465 471 75.3 - 49.1 66 1705 Extracted from JIS handbook “Iron & steel” (SAE J 417) 490 456 460 74.9 - 48.4 - 1660 Note: 480 448 452 74.5 - 47.7 64 1620 1. 1 MPa = 1 N/mm22. Value in ( ) is not in practical use, but reference only. 470 441 442 74.1 - 46.9 - 1570 460 433 433 73.6 - 46.1 62 1530 450 425 425 73.3 - 45.3 - 1495 440 415 415 72.8 - 44.5 59 1460 430 405 405 72.3 - 43.6 - 1410 420 397 397 71.8 - 42.7 57 1370 410 388 388 71.4 - 41.8 - 1330 400 379 379 70.8 - 40.8 55 1290 390 369 369 70.3 - 39.8 - 1240 380 360 360 69.8 (110.0) 38.8 52 1205 370 350 350 69.2 - 37.7 - 1170 360 341 341 68.7 (109.0) 36.6 50 1130 350 331 331 68.1 - 35.5 - 1095 340 322 322 67.6 (108.0) 34.4 47 1070 330 313 313 67.0 - 33.3 - 1035 R9