ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 6506-1 Third edition 2014-10-01 Metallic materials Brinell hardness test - Part 1: Test method Matériaux métalliques Essai de dureté Brinell - Partie 1: Méthode d'essai Reference number IS0 6506-1:2014(E) ISO @IS02014 No reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS Not for Resale IS0 6506-1:2014(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @ISO2014 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56 : CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail copyright@iso.org Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ IS0 2014 - All rights reserved or networking permited without license from IHS Not for Resale IS0 6506-1:2014(E) Contents Page Foreword .iv 1 Scope 1 2 Normativereferences ..1 3 Principle 4 Symbols and abbreviated terms 5 3 Apparatus 6 Test piece. 7 Procedure ..4 8 Uncertainty of the results. .6 9 Test report .6 Annex A (normative) Procedure for periodic checking of the testing machine by the user ..8 Annex B (normative) Minimum thickness of the test piece in relation to the mean diameter ofindentation .9 Annex C (informative) Uncertainty of the measured hardness values. .11 Bibliography .16 iii thout license from IHS Not for Resale