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Hardness Tables for Annealed
and Hardened and Tempered Steel

Hardened & Tempered Steel

 

Tensile

Vickers

Brinell

HRC

HRA

15N

30N

1000 lbs/sq in

 

 

 

 

 

 

170

360

342

36.6

68.7

78.6

56.4

175

370

352

37.7

69.2

79.2

57.4

180

380

361

38.8

69.8

79.8

58.4

185

390

371

39.8

70.3

80.3

59.3

190

400

380

40.8

70.8

80.8

60.2

195

410

390

41.8

71.4

81.4

61.1

200

420

399

42.7

71.8

81.8

61.9

204

430

409

43.6

72.3

82.3

62.7

210

440

418

44.5

72.8

82.8

63.5

214

450

428

45.3

73.3

83.2

64.3

220

460

437

46.1

73.8

83.6

64.9

224

470

447

46.9

74.1

83.9

65.7

230

480

(456)

47.7

74.5

84.3

66.4

234

490

(466)

48.4

74.9

84.7

67.1

240

500

(475)

49.1

75.3

85.0

67.7

244

510

(485)

49.8

75.7

85.4

68.3

250

520

(494)

50.5

76.1

85.7

69.0

254

530

(504)

51.1

76.4

86.0

69.5

260

540

(513)

51.7

76.7

86.3

70.0

264

550

(523)

52.3

77.0

86.6

70.5

269

560

(532)

53.0

77.4

86.9

71.2

274

570

(542)

53.6

77.8

87.2

71.7

279

580

(551)

54.1

78.0

87.5

72.1

284

590

(561)

54.7

78.4

87.8

72.7

289

600

(570)

55.2

78.6

88.0

73.2

294

610

(580)

55.7

78.9

88.2

73.7

299

620

(589)

56.3

79.2

88.5

74.2

304

630

(599)

56.8

79.5

88.8

74.6

309

640

(608)

57.3

79.8

89.0

75.1

314

650

(618)

57.8

80.0

89.2

75.5

319

660

-

58.3

80.3

89.5

75.9

324

670

-

58.8

80.6

89.7

76.4

329

680

-

59.2

80.8

89.8

76.8

-

690

-

59.7

81.1

90.1

77.2

-

700

-

60.1

81.3

90.3

77.6

-

720

-

61.0

81.8

90.7

78.4

-

740

-

61.8

82.2

91.0

79.1

-

760

-

62.5

82.6

91.2

79.7

-

780

-

63.3

83.0

91.5

80.4

-

800

-

64.0

83.4

91.8

81.1

 

 

 

 

 

Annealed Steel

 

A

B

C

15T

30T

Tensile

 

 

 

 

 

1000 lbs/sq in

30

38

-

73

41.5

38.5

-

40

-

73.5

43

40.5

31

42

-

74

44

41.9

32.5

44

-

75

45.5

42.5

33.5

46

-

75.5

47

44

34

48

-

76

48.5

45.5

35

50

-

77

49.5

46

36

52

-

77.5

51

47.5

36.5

54

-

78

52.5

48

-

56

-

79

54

50.5

38.5

58

-

79.5

55

51

39

60

-

80

56.5

52.5

40

62

-

80.5

58

54.2

41.5

64

-

81.5

59.5

56.7

42

66

-

82

60.5

58

43.5

68

-

83

62

59.5

44

70

-

83.5

63.5

61.6

45

72

-

84

65

64.5

46

74

-

-

66

66.5

46.5

75

-

85

67

68.5

47

76

-

-

67.5

69

48

77

-

85.5

68

70

48.5

78

-

86

69

71.5

49

79

-

-

69.5

72

49.5

80

-

86.5

70

73

50

81

-

87

71

74

50.5

82

-

-

71.5

75

51

83

-

87.5

72

77

52

84

-

88

73

78

52.5

85

-

-

73.5

80

53

86

-

88.5

74

81

53.5

87

-

89

74.5

83

54

88

-

-

75

85

55

89

-

89.5

75.5

87

55.5

90

-

90

76

89

56

91

-

-

77

91

56.5

92

-

90.5

77.5

93

57

93

-

91

78

96

57.5

94

-

-

78.5

98

58

95

-

91.5

79

101

59

96

-

-

80

103

59.5

97

-

92

80.5

106

60

98

20.5

-

81

109

61

99

22

92.5

81.5

112

61.5

100

23.5

93

82

116

 

 

 

 

 

                

 

 

 


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