Properties
How well a material resists scratches or dents.
Hardness
Technical term for 'bending'.
Bending
A small thing you use to make an object appear larger.
Magnifier/Magnifying glass
The distance across a circle, passing through the center.
Diameter
Translate into English: Konstant bleiben
How easily a material can be melted and shaped in a mold.
Castability
Technical term for 'twisting'
Torsion
A tool used in hardness testing that presses into the material to make a mark.
Indenter
Having the shape of a ball or sphere.
Spherical.
Translate into English: Allmählich ansteigen
Rise gradually
How easily a material can be shaped or pressed without breaking.
Ductility
Technical term for 'squashing'
Compression
A test that uses a diamond pyramid to measure hardness, good for soft materials.
Vickers hardness test
The shape of an indenter with a tapered look and made out of a very precious material.
Diamond cone
Translate into English: Stetig ansteigen
Rise steadily
How easily a material breaks or cracks without bending.
Brittleness
Technical term for 'stretching'
Tension
A test that presses a metal ball into a material and measures the size of the mark, useful for large or rough materials.
Brinell hardness test
How deep something goes from the top to the bottom.
Depth
Translate into English: Der Graph fällt plötzlich ab.
The graph suddenly drops.
How well a material allows heat or electricity to pass through it.
Conductivity
Technical term for 'scissoring'.
Shearing
A test that measures how deep an indenter goes into a material, using a metal ball or diamond cone.
Rockwell hardness test
A part of a machine with buttons or a screen to control it.
Control panel
Ultimate stress