Brinell Hardness an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
An alternative method is the Brinell hardness test, which uses a hardened steel (or tungsten carbide) ball indenter with a diameter D of, usually, 10 mm. This is applied under a load P of 500–3000 kg applied for 10–30 s. The diameter of the circular indentation d is measured in millimetres. The hardness number, (HB) is calculated using the following equation: