Table 3: Vickers microhardness for different strain stages.

AISI 430

AISI 441A

Strain (%)

Vickers hardness

(HV0,2)

Strain

(%)

Vickers hardness

(HV0,2)

0

198

0

226

4

272

2

237

6

290

3

254

9

291

4

256

12

292

5

259