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    The document reports on a Vickers hardness test experiment conducted by a group of students. It provides background on the Vickers hardness test, the procedure followed, microscopic images and hardness values calculated for aluminum, stainless steel, and mild steel samples. Calculations showed the aluminum sample had a Vickers hardness of 25.3, the mild steel 28.1, and the stainless steel 41.25.

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    The document reports on a Vickers hardness test experiment conducted by a group of students. It provides background on the Vickers hardness test, the procedure followed, microscopic images and hardness values calculated for aluminum, stainless steel, and mild steel samples. Calculations showed the aluminum sample had a Vickers hardness of 25.3, the mild steel 28.1, and the stainless steel 41.25.

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    MECHANICS OF

    MATERIALS

    Report 4
    Submitted To:
    Engr. Arhum Hassan

    1
    Group Members:
    M. Rafay Khwaja Abdul Moiz
    (170301040) (170301058)

    Syed Abdullah Shah Ushna Liaqat


    (170301003) (170301005)

    2
    Vickers Hardness Test
    Experiment

    3
    Literature review
    The Vickers hardness test was developed in 1921 by Robert L. Smith and
    George E. Sandland at Vickers Ltd as an alternative to the Brinell method
    to measure the hardness of materials. The Vickers test is often easier to
    use than other hardness tests since the required calculations are
    independent of the size of the indenter, and the indenter can be used for
    all materials irrespective of hardness. The Vickers hardness test method
    consists of indenting the test material with a diamond indenter, in the
    form of a right pyramid with a square base and an angle of 136 degrees
    between opposite faces subjected to a load of 1 to 100 kgf. The full load
    is normally applied for 10 to 15 seconds. The two diagonals of the
    indentation left in the surface of the material after removal of the load
    are measured using a microscope and their average calculated. The area
    of the sloping surface of the indentation is calculated. The Vickers
    hardness is the quotient obtained by dividing the kgf load by the square
    mm area of indentation [1]. When doing the hardness tests the minimum
    distance between indentations and the distance from the indentation to
    the edge of the specimen must be taken into account to avoid interaction
    between the work-hardened regions and effects of the edge.

    4
    Procedure:
    1. First of all, prepare the sample whose hardness you want to test.
    2. The load we are applying in this experiment is 10 kgf
    3. Place the sample on the test stage such that it is directly below
    microscope.
    4. Now see through the microscope until the sample is clearly visible
    through the microscope.
    5. Now switch to the indenter and fix it into place (make sure that it
    snaps into place).
    6. Now set the dwell time, in this experiment we set the dwell time to
    10 seconds.
    7. Now press the start button to start the indentation.
    8. Switching back to the microscope snapping it into place.
    9. Now we use the provided microscope to measure the horizontal and
    vertical diagonals of the diamond shaped indenter.
    10. From the given data measure the HV of VPN.

    Microscopic appearance

    The microscopic appearance of the indent are as follows

    Aluminum sample Aluminum sample after


    before indentation indentation

    5
    Stainless steel sample
    Stainless steel sample
    before indentation
    after indentation

    Mild steel sample before Mild steel sample after


    indentation indentation

    6
    Calculations:

    For Aluminum

    The horizontal length=8.33

    The vertical length=8.80


    8.33+8.80
    =
    2

    =8.565
    8.565
    =
    10

    =0.8565mm

    Using the given table

    =25.3 HV
    For stainless steel

    The horizontal length=6.70

    The vertical length=6.75


    6.70+6.75
    =
    2

    =6.725
    6.725
    =
    10

    =0.6725mm

    Using the given table

    =41.25 HV
    For Mild Steel

    The horizontal length=8.14

    The vertical length=8.13

    7
    8.14+8.13
    =
    2

    =8.135
    8.135
    =
    10

    =0.8135mm

    Using the given table

    =28.1 HV

    Conclusion:

    From the above calculation we can say that the samples we have tested is
    have 25.3 HV for Aluminum, 28.1 HV mild steel and 41.25 HV for stainless
    steel.

    8
    Works Cited

    [1] "Gordon England," 2 may 2002. [Online]. Available:


    https://www.gordonengland.co.uk/hardness/vickers.htm.

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