State Primary Standard of Hardness Units on Brinell and Vickers Scales

Reproduction of the hardness units on the Brinell and Vickers scales and their transfer to the working standards (hardness measures) of the 1st class by means of the method of indirect measurements in accordance with DSTU 3870-99 “Metrology. National verification scheme for measuring instruments of hardness on the Brinell and Vickers scales”.

Metrological characteristics

Range

from 8 НВ to 450 НВ

from 95 НВW to 650 НВW

from 8 НV to 2000 НV

from 9,8 Н to 19,6 Н

from 49,0 Н to 980,7 Н

Uncertainty by type A (uA)

1⋅10-3

2⋅10-3

1⋅10-3

Uncertainty by type B (uB)

1,25⋅10-3

2,5⋅10-3

1,25⋅10-3

Total standard uncertainty (uC)

1,6⋅10-3

3,2⋅10-3

1,6⋅10-3

Extended uncertainty (U)

3,2⋅10-3

6,4⋅10-3

3,2⋅10-3