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Hardness Conversion Table

    Brinell hardness (HB)   Rockwell hardness (HR)       Tensile strength
  10 mm ball, 3,000 kgf load   (Approximate)
            A scale,   B scale,   C scale,   D scale,   Austenitic   Chromium
Vicker's     Tungsten- 60kgf load 100kgf load 150kgf load 100kgf load Shore stainless stainless
hardness Standard Hultgren carbide brale 1/16 inch brale brale hardness steel steel
(HV) ball ball ball penetrator ball penetrator penetrator (HS) kgf/mm2 kgf/mm2
                     
600 -- 550 564 78.6 -- 55.2 67.0 74 245 --
590 -- 542 554 78.4 -- 54.7 66.7
580 -- 535 545 78.0 -- 54.1 66.2 72 236 --
570 -- 527 535 77.8 -- 53.6 65.8
560   519 525 77.4 -- 53.0 65.4 71 227 --
550 505 521 517 77.0 -- 52.3 64.8
540 496 503 507 76.7 -- 51.7 64.4 69 218 --
530 488 495 497 76.4 -- 51.1 63.9
520 480 487 488 76.1 -- 50.5 63.5 67 209 --
510 473 479 479 75.7 -- 49.8 62.9
500 465 471 471 75.3 -- 49.1 62.2 66 200 --
490 456 460 460 74.9 -- 48.4 61.6
480 448 452 452 74.5 -- 47.7 61.3 64 189 --
470 441 442 442 74.1 -- 46.9 60.7
460 433 433 433 73.6 -- 46.1 60.1 62 178 --
450 425 425 425 73.3 -- 45.3 59.4
440 415 415 415 74.8 -- 44.5 58.8 59 167 --
430 405 405 405 72.3 -- 43.6 58.2
420 397 397 397 71.8 -- 42.7 57.5 57 156 --
410 388 388 388 71.4 -- 41.8 56.8
400 379 379 379 70.8 -- 40.8 56.0 55 145 134
390 369 369 369 70.3 -- 39.8 55.2
380 360 360 360 69.8 (110.0) 38.8 54.4 52 136 127
370 350 350 350 69.2 37.7 53.6
360 341 341 341 68.7 (109.0) 36.6 52.8 50 127 120
350 331 331 331 68.1 35.5 51.9
340 322 322 322 67.6 (108.0) 34.4 51.1 47 118 113
330 313 313 313 67.0 33.3 50.2
320 303 303 303 66.4 (107.0) 32.2 49.4 45 109 106
310 294 294 294 65.8 31.0 48.4
300 284 284 284 65.2 (105.5) 29.8 47.5 42 100 --
295 280 280 280 64.8 29.2 47.1
290 275 275 275 64.5 (104.5) 28.5 45.5 41 97 96
285 270 270 270 64.2 27.8 46.0
280 265 265 265 63.8 (103.5) 27.1 45.3 40 94 --
275 261 261 261 63.5 26.4 44.9
270 256 256 256 63.1 (102.0) 25.6 44.3 38 91 88
265 252 252 252 62.7 24.8 43.7
260 247 247 247 62.4 (101.0) 24.0 43.1 37 88 --
255 243 243 243 62.0 23.1 42.2
250 238 238 238 61.6 99.5 22.2 41.7 36 85 81
245 233 233 233 61.2 21.3 41.1
240 228 228 228 60.7 98.1 20.3 40.3 34 80 78
230 219 219 219 -- 96.7 (18.0) -- 33
220 209 209 209 -- 95.0 (15.7) -- 32 75 71
210 200 200 200 -- 93.4 (13.4) -- 30
200 190 190 190 -- 91.5 (11.0) -- 29 68 65
190 181 181 181 -- 89.5 (8.5) -- 28
180 171 171 171 -- 87.1 (6.0) -- 26 62 59
170 162 162 162 -- 85.0 (3.0) -- 25
160 152 152 152 -- 81.7 (0.0) -- 24 56 53
150 143 143 143 -- 78.7 -- -- 22 50 50


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