英文名称：

ASTM C1372-15

Standard Test Method for

Vickers Indentation Hardness of Advanced Ceramics

中文名称：

ASTM C1372-15

现代陶瓷材料维氏压痕硬度的标准试验方法

代号说明：

This standard is issued under the fixed designation C1327; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A superscript epsilon (ε) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.

版本说明：

1 This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee C28 on Advanced Ceramics and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee C28.01 on Mechanical Properties and Performance.

Current edition approved Jan. 1, 2015. Published March 2015. Originally approved in 1996. Last previous edition approved in 2008 as C1327- 08. DOI:10.1520/C1327-15.

2 For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on the ASTM website.

3 Available from European Committee for Standardization (CEN), 36 rue de Stassart, B-1050, Brussels, Belgium, http://www.cenorm.be.

4 Available from Japanese Standards Organization (JSA), 4-1-24 Akasaka Minato-Ku, Tokyo, 107-8440, Japan, http://www.jsa.or.jp.

5 Available from International Organization for Standardization (ISO), 1, ch. de la Voie-Creuse, Case postale 56, CH-1211, Geneva 20, Switzerland,http://www.iso.ch.

标准正文：

1. Scope

1.1 This test method covers the determination of the Vickers indentation hardness of advanced ceramics. In this test, a pointed, square base, pyramidal diamond indenter of prescribed shape is pressed into the surface of a ceramic with a predetermined force to produce a relatively small, permanent indentation. The surface projection of the two diagonals of the permanent indentation is measured using a light microscope. The average diagonal size and the applied force are used to calculate the Vickers hardness, which represents the material’s resistance to penetration by the Vickers indenter. Hardness is computed as the ratio of the force to the contact surface area.

1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.

1.3 Units—When Knoop and Vickers hardness tests were developed, the force levels were specified in units of gramsforce (gf) and kilograms-force (kgf). This standard specifies

the units of force and length in the International System of Units (SI); that is, force in newtons (N) and length in mm or µm. However, because of the historical precedent and continued common usage, force values in gf and kgf units are occasionally provided for information. This test method specifies that Vickers hardness be reported either in units of GPa, or a dimensionless Vickers hardness number that has implied units of kgf/mm².

1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

2. Referenced Documents

2.1 ASTM Standards: 

E4 Practices for Force Verification of Testing Machines

E177 Practice for Use of the Terms Precision and Bias in ASTM Test Methods

E384 Test Method for Microindentation Hardness of Materials

E691 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to Determine the Precision of a Test Method

IEEE/ASTM SI 10 Standard for the Use of the International System of Units (SI): The Modern Metric System.

2.2 European Standard:

CEN ENV 843-4 Advanced Technical Ceramics, Monolithic Ceramics, Mechanical Properties at Room Temperature, Part 4: Vickers, Knoop and Rockwell Superficial Hardness 

2.3 Japanese Standard:

JIS R 1610 Testing Method for Vickers Hardness of High Performance Ceramics 

2.4 ISO Standard:

ISO 6507/2 Metallic Materials—Hardness test—Vickers test—Part 2: HV0.2 to less than HV5 5

3. Terminology

3.1 Definitions:

3.1.1 Vickers hardness number (HV), n—an expression of hardness obtained by dividing the force applied to a Vickers indenter by the surface area of the permanent impression made by the indenter.

3.1.2 Vickers indenter, n—a square-based pyramidal-shaped diamond indenter with face angles of 136° 00'.