Hardness Conversion

HARDNESS CONVERSION TABLE FOR CARBON & ALLOY STEELS

All values are approximate

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Brinell
Hardness
Number
(Carbide ball)

Rockwell Hardness Numbers

Tensile 
Strength

C
Scale

A
Scale

15N
Scale
Superficial

B
Scale

30T
Scale
Superficial

1000
Lb/Sq In

kgf/mm

–

66 84.5 92.5 – – – –

722

64 83.4 91.8 – – – –

688

62 82.3 91.1 – – – –

654

60 81.2 90.2 – – – –

615

58 80.1 89.3 – – – –

577

56 79.0 88.3 – – 313 220

543

54 78.0 87.4 – – 292 205

512

52 76.8 86.4 – – 273 192

481

50 75.9 85.5 – – 255 179

455

48 74.7 84.5 – – 237 167

443

47 74.1 83.9 – – 229 161

432

46 73.6 83.5 – – 222 156

421

45 73.1 83.0 – – 215 151

409

44 72.5 82.5 – – 208 146

400

43 72.0 82.0 – – 201 141

390

42 71.5 81.5 – – 194 136

381

41 70.9 80.9 – – 188 132

371

40 70.4 80.4 – – 181 127

362

39 69.9 79.9 – – 176 124

353

38 69.4 79.4 – – 171 120

344

37 68.9 78.8 – – 167 117

336

36 68.4 78.3 – – 162 114

327

35 67.9 77.7 – – 157 110

319

34 67.4 77.2 – – 153 108

311

33 66.8 76.6 – – 149 105

301

32 66.3 76.1 – – 145 102

294

31 65.8 75.6 – – 142 100

286

30 65.3 75.0 – – 138 97

279

29 64.7 74.5 – – 135 95

271

28 64.3 73.9 – – 132 93

264

27 63.8 73.3 – – 128 90

258

26 63.3 72.8 – – 125 88

253

25 62.8 72.2 – – 122 86

247

24 62.4 71.6 – – 120 84

243

23 62.0 71.0 – – 117 82

240

– – – 100 82.0 116 82

234

– – – 99 81.5 112 79

222

– – – 97 80.5 106 75

210

– – – 95 79.0 101 71

200

– – – 93 78.0 96 67

195

– – – 92 77.5 93 65

185

– – – 90 76.0 89 63

176

– – – 88 75.0 85 60

169

– – – 86 74.0 81 57

162

– – – 84 73.0 78 55

156

– – – 82 71.5 75 53

150

– – – 80 70.0 72 51

144

– – – 78 69.0 – –

139

– – – 76 67.5 – –

135

– – – 74 66.0 – –

130

– – – 72 65.0 – –

125

– – – 70 63.5 – –

121

– – – 68 62.0 – –

117

– – – 66 60.5 – –

114

– – – 64 59.5 – –

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