Title Page -- Contents -- Chapter 1 The Fundamentals of Hardness Testing -- The History of Hardness Testing -- The Term Hardness -- Interrelationship Between Material Structure and Hardness -- Relationships Between Hardness and Other Mechanical Material Properties -- Hardness Unit and Traceability of the Hardness Measurement -- Summary -- EA Measurement Uncertainty Guideline for Brinell and Vickers Measurements -- EA Guideline for Determining Measuremen tUncertainty During the Hardness Test According to the HRC Scale -- Chapter 2 Hardness Measurement of Metals- Static Methods -- Rockwell ISO 6508 and ASTM E 18 Procedures -- Vickers ISO 6507, ASTM E92, and ASTM E384 Procedures -- Brinell ISO 6506 and ASTM E10 Procedures -- Knoop ISO 4545 and ASTM E284 Procedures -- Chapter 3 Dynamic Test Methods -- Introduction -- Theory -- Methods to Measure the Deformation -- Methods to Measure Energy -- Applications -- Outlook -- Chapter 4 Hardness Testing of Metals-Contactless and Other Nondestructive Methods -- Electromagnetic Impulse Method -- Photothermal Method -- Determining Hardening Depth by Ultrasound -- Scratch Hardness Testing -- Ultrasonic Contact Impedance (UCI) Procedure -- Checking the Hardness Testing Machines and Indenters -- Hardness Reference Blocks and Their Calibration -- Hardness Conversion According to ISO 18265 -- Capability of the Testing Equipment and Suitability of the Testing Method -- Chapter 5 Hardness Measurement of Plastics and Elastomers -- Test Procedures -- Testing Technique -- Applications -- Summary -- Chapter 6 Instrumented Indentation Test -- Introduction -- Contact Mechanics -- Test Method -- Required Checking of Test Equipment and Indenters -- Special Case: Testing of Layers -- Test Engineering -- Application Examples -- Measurement Uncertainty -- Determining the True Stress-Strain Curve of Materials -- Summary.

Chapter 7 Standardization -- General Comments on Standardization -- Historical Development of MaterialsTesting Standards -- Status of Standardization in the Field of Hardness Testing -- Index.