Comparison of Brinell and Vickers Hardness Tests on Dental Casting Gold Alloys

Abstract
The relationship between Vickers and Brinell hardness numbers of dental casting gold alloys was found to be linear; the addition of 19 to the Brinell number approximated the Vickers number fairly well. The coefficient of variation for the Brinell test was about 1 % less than that of the Vickers test. Effects of reading error, sample inhomogeneity, and other factors on the precision of the Vickers values were evaluated.

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