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SHORE HARDNESS [1 record]

Record 1 2014-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Strength of Materials
  • Metallurgy - General
  • Rubber
  • Plastics Manufacturing
DEF

A method of rating the hardness of a metal or of a plastic or rubber material.

CONT

Hardness may ... also be manifested as a resistance to abrasion or wear, as a resistance to cutting, as a resistance to crushing, as a resistance to deformation as in tension or compression, as a manifestation of resilience, i.e., rebound hardness, and others.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Résistance des matériaux
  • Métallurgie générale
  • Caoutchouc
  • Plasturgie
DEF

Compressibilité du caoutchouc ou du photopolymère exprimée en degrés.

OBS

Définition tirée du Vocabulaire de la flexographie de France Brodeur. Reproduction autorisée par l'Institut des communications graphiques du Québec.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Resistencia de los materiales
  • Metalurgia general
  • Caucho
  • Fabricación de plásticos
DEF

Medida arbitraria de dureza, en la cual se determina la penetración de un penetrador especificado que entra a la fuerza en un material, bajo condiciones especificadas [...]

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