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  • BS 427:1990

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    Method for Vickers hardness test and for verification of Vickers hardness testing machines

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  15-02-1998

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  29-06-1990

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Method for determining the hardness of metals in the scale ranges HV1 to HV100 at room temperature and procedures for direct and indirect methods of verification of the accuracy of the testing machine.

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