Hardness comparison
A variety of hardness-testing methods are available, including the Vickers, Brinell, Rockwell, Meyer and Leeb) tests. Although it is impossible in many cases to give an exact conversion, it is possible to give an approximate material-specific comparison table for steels.Hardness comparison table
Brinell HB
| Vickers HV
| Rockwell C HRC
| Rockwell B HRB
| Leeb HLD |
| 800 | - | 72 | - | 856 |
| 780 | 1220 | 71 | - | 850 |
| 760 | 1210 | 70 | - | 843 |
| 745 | 1114 | 68 | - | 837 |
| 725 | 1060 | 67 | - | 829 |
| 712 | 1021 | 66 | - | 824 |
| 682 | 940 | 65 | - | 812 |
| 668 | 905 | 64 | - | 806 |
| 652 | 867 | 63 | - | 799 |
| 626 | 803 | 62 | - | 787 |
| 614 | 775 | 61 | - | 782 |
| 601 | 746 | 60 | - | 776 |
| 590 | 727 | 59 | - | 770 |
| 576 | 694 | 57 | - | 763 |
| 552 | 649 | 56 | - | 751 |
| 545 | 639 | 55 | - | 748 |
| 529 | 606 | 54 | - | 739 |
| 514 | 587 | 53 | 120 | 731 |
| 502 | 565 | 52 | 119 | 724 |
| 495 | 551 | 51 | 119 | 719 |
| 477 | 534 | 49 | 118 | 709 |
| 461 | 502 | 48 | 117 | 699 |
| 451 | 489 | 47 | 117 | 693 |
| 444 | 474 | 46 | 116 | 688 |
| 427 | 460 | 45 | 115 | 677 |
| 415 | 435 | 44 | 115 | 669 |
| 401 | 423 | 43 | 114 | 660 |
| 388 | 401 | 42 | 114 | 650 |
| 375 | 390 | 41 | 113 | 640 |
| 370 | 385 | 40 | 112 | 635 |
| 362 | 380 | 39 | 111 | 630 |
| 351 | 361 | 38 | 111 | 622 |
| 346 | 352 | 37 | 110 | 617 |
| 341 | 344 | 37 | 110 | 613 |
| 331 | 335 | 36 | 109 | 605 |
| 323 | 320 | 35 | 109 | 599 |
| 311 | 312 | 34 | 108 | 588 |
| 301 | 305 | 33 | 107 | 579 |
| 293 | 291 | 32 | 106 | 572 |
| 285 | 285 | 31 | 105 | 565 |
| 276 | 278 | 30 | 105 | 557 |
| 269 | 272 | 29 | 104 | 550 |
| 261 | 261 | 28 | 103 | 542 |
| 258 | 258 | 27 | 102 | 539 |
| 249 | 250 | 25 | 101 | 530 |
| 245 | 246 | 24 | 100 | 526 |
| 240 | 240 | 23 | 99 | 521 |
| 237 | 235 | 23 | 99 | 518 |
| 229 | 226 | 22 | 98 | 510 |
| 224 | 221 | 21 | 97 | 505 |
| 217 | 217 | 20 | 96 | 497 |
| 211 | 213 | 19 | 95 | 491 |
| 206 | 209 | 18 | 94 | 485 |
| 203 | 201 | 17 | 94 | 482 |
| 200 | 199 | 16 | 93 | 478 |
| 196 | 197 | 15 | 92 | 474 |
| 191 | 190 | 14 | 92 | 468 |
| 187 | 186 | 13 | 91 | 463 |
| 185 | 184 | 12 | 91 | 461 |
| 183 | 183 | 11 | 90 | 459 |
| 180 | 177 | 10 | 89 | 455 |
| 175 | 174 | 9 | 88 | 449 |
| 170 | 171 | 7 | 87 | 443 |
| 167 | 168 | 6 | 87 | 439 |
| 165 | 165 | 5 | 86 | 437 |
| 163 | 162 | 4 | 85 | 434 |
| 160 | 159 | 3 | 84 | 430 |
| 156 | 154 | 2 | 83 | 425 |
| 154 | 152 | 1 | 82 | 423 |
| 152 | 150 | - | 82 | 420 |
| 150 | 149 | - | 81 | 417 |
| 147 | 147 | - | 80 | 413 |
| 145 | 146 | - | 79 | 411 |
| 143 | 144 | - | 79 | 408 |
| 141 | 142 | - | 78 | 405 |
| 140 | 141 | - | 77 | 404 |
| 135 | 135 | - | 75 | 397 |
| 130 | 130 | - | 72 | 390 |
| 114 | 120 | - | 67 | 365 |
| 105 | 110 | - | 62 | 350 |
| 95 | 100 | - | 56 | 331 |
| 90 | 95 | - | 52 | 321 |
| 81 | 85 | - | 41 | 300 |
| 76 | 80 | - | 37 | 287 |
