Fundamentally, hardness testing determines the resistance a material exhibits in response to the permanent deformation of another material’s penetration. If I take a piece of metal and rub something ...

Shore testing accurately measures the hardness of elastomeric and plastic material, including adhesives. The two scales most frequently used for determining Shore hardness when materials are compared ...

When designing metal parts, it's important to specify their hardness. However, many engineers have only a shaky understanding of what hardness actually is, or how it's measured. There are good reasons ...