Model
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Indenter
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Tested Materials
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Hardness Value
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A
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0.79 Truncated (Frustum) Cone
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Soft Rubber, Elastomers, Natural Rubber Products, Neoprene, Resin, Polyester, Soft PVC,Lleather, etc.
|
20 ~ 90 A
|
B
|
R 0.1 Cone
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Middle Hard Rubber Materials, Typewriter Rollers, etc.
|
Above 90 A, Below 20 D
|
C
|
0.79 Truncated (Frustum) Cone
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Plastics and Middle Hard Rubber Materials
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Above 90 B, Below 20 D
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D
|
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Fibre Plastics, Hard Rubber, Hard Plastic Materials, Plexiglas,Stiff Thermo Plastics, Formica, Print Roller, Vinyl-plate, Cellulose Acetate, etc.
|
Above 90 A
|
DO
|
R 1.2 Spherical Radius
|
Plastics and Middle Hard up to Hard Rubber Materials
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Above 90 C, Below 20 D
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O
|
|
Soft Elastic Materials, Print Rollers, Middle Firm Textile Fabrics, Nylon, Orlon, Perlon, Rayon
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Below 20 DO
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OO
|
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Sponge- and Cellular Rubber, Foam Rubber, Silicone, Gel-like Materials
|
Below 20 O
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E
|
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Hard Sponge, EVA
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Above 90 DO, Below 20 D |