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Hardness and Tactile Probing Methods

Working group 5.11

Leeb (DIN EN ISO 16859)

Principle:

Leeb hardness is a method of rebound hardness, in which an impact body, at whose front end an indenter is, with a defined power shot to the sample. The Leeb hardness is defined as the formular:

 

where vr = the return speed and va = the impact speed is.