| Introduction | | | | in terms of the elasticity of the material, where |
| Explore, as you will, the relationship between | | | | the hardness number is dependent on the height |
| rebound hardness and Scleroscope, you shall be | | | | to which the hammer rebounds. The harder the |
| introduced to a rather unique hardness measure | | | | material, the higher is the rebound. |
| test â the Rebound Hardness Test or | | | | The Scleroscope test to determine rebound |
| the Dynamic Hardness Test. The Rebound | | | | hardness involves dropping a diamond tipped |
| Hardness Test measures hardness of materials in | | | | hammer (falling under the force of its own weight |
| terms of the âheight of rebound of the | | | | from a fixed height) on the sample material. The |
| indenterâ dropped on the materials | | | | height of the rebound travel of the hammer is |
| surface with the help of a special device known | | | | measured on a graduated scale, depending on the |
| as the âScleroscopeâ. Put in | | | | model being used. |
| other words, the Scleroscope measures hardness | | | | |