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Toughness is the ability of steel to absorb energy.

Hardness is the ability of steels to withstand wear. Hardness is the ability of material to withstand the indent and is measured in rockwel or vickers. also it is a measure of stiffness of material. but hardenability is ability of material to become hardened by various methods of hardening such as carburising or quenching. it is firmly dependent on quantity of carbon in that material. and actually it doesn't have any measuring unit !

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