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Tests Explained provides you with explanations and diagrams related to the test methods used to measure many of the common properties included on material datasheets.
To view details of a specific test method, just scroll down to the relevant category, find the property you want to know more about, and click on one of the associated links to show details of a test method related to that property.
General
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Outdoor Suitability
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RoHS Compliance
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Physical
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Apparent Density / Bulk Density / Bulk Factor
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Apparent Viscosity
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Bulk Density / Bulk Factor / Apparent Density
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Density / Specific Gravity
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Environmental Stress Cracking Resistance (ESCR)
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ESCR - Environmental Stress Cracking Resistance
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Melt Mass-Flow Rate (MFR)
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Humidity Absorption / Water Absorption
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Melt Viscosity
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Melt Volume-Flow Rate (MVR)
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MFR - Melt Mass-Flow Rate
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Mould Shrinkage
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MVR - Melt Volume-Flow Rate
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Viscosity Number
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Water Absorption / Humidity Absorption
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Mechanical
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Apparent Bending Modulus
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Ball Indentation Hardness
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Barcol Hardness
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Charpy Impact Strength (Notched)
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Charpy Impact Strength (Unnotched)
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Coefficient of Friction
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Compressive Modulus
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Compressive Strength / Compressive Stress
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Creep
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Dart Drop Impact Strength
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Dart Drop Total Energy Impact Strength
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Dart (Dynatup) Instrumented Impact Strength
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DBTT - Ductile / Brittle Transition Temperature
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Deformation Under Load
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Drop Impact Resistance
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Ductile / Brittle Transition Temperature
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Durometer Hardness / Shore Hardness (A,C,D)
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Elongation at Break / Strain at Break
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Elongation at Yield / Yield Strain
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Fatigue Limit
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Flexural Creep
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Flexural Creep Modulus (1h, 1000h)
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Flexural Modulus
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Flexural Strength / Flexural Stress
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Gardner Impact Strength
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Hardness, Barcol
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Hardness, Rockwell (A,E,K,L,M,R)
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Hardness, Shore (Durometer) (A,C,D)
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Impact Resistance, Drop
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Impact Strength, Charpy Notched
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Impact Strength, Charpy Unnotched
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Impact Strength, Dart Drop
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Impact Strength, Dart Drop Total Energy Impact
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Impact Strength, Gardner
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Impact Strength, Instrumented Dart (Dynatup)
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Impact Strength, Multi-Axial Instrumented
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Impact Strength, Izod Notched
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Impact Strength, Izod Unnotched
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Impact Strength, Tensile
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Impact Strength, Tensile Notched
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Instrumented Dart (Dynatup) Impact Strength
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Izod Impact Strength (Notched)
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Izod Impact Strength (Unnotched)
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Multi-Axial Instrumented Impact Strength
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Notched Charpy Impact Strength
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Notched Izod Impact Strength
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Notched Tensile Impact Strength
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Poissons Ratio
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Reversed Notched Izod Impact
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Rockwell Hardness (A,E,K,L,M,R)
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Secant Modulus (MD/TD)
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Shear Modulus
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Shear Strength
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Shore Hardness / Durometer Hardness (A,C,D)
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Strain at Break / Elongation at Break
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Stress at 50%, 100% etc. Strain
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Stress at Break
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Taber Abrasion Resistance
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Tensile Creep
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Tensile Creep Modulus (1h, 1000h)
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Tensile Elongation at Break / Strain at Break
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Tensile Elongation at Yield / Yield Strain
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Tensile Impact Strength
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Tensile Modulus
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Tensile Notched Impact Strength
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Tensile Strength / Tensile Stress at Break
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Tensile Strength at Yield / Tensile Stress at Yield
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Tensile Stress at 50%, 100% etc. Strain
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Tensile Stress at Break / Tensile Strength
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Ultimate Tensile Strength (UTS)
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Unnotched Charpy Impact Strength
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Unnotched Izod Impact Strength
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UTS - Ultimate Tensile Strength
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Yield Strain / Elongation at Yield
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Yield Strength / Yield Stress
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Thermal and Flammability
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5V, UL/UL94/IEC Flame Rating
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5VA, UL/UL94/IEC Flame Rating
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5VB, UL/UL94/IEC Flame Rating
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Accelerated Oven Ageing
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Brittleness Temperature
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Change in Shore/Durometer Hardness in Air
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Change in Shore/Durometer Hardness in Oil
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Change in Tensile Modulus in Air
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Change in Tensile Strain at Break in Air
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Change in Tensile Strain at Break in Liquid
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Change in Tensile Strength in Air
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Change in Tensile Strength in Liquid
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Change of Ultimate Elongation in Air
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Change in Ultimate Elongation in Liquid
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CLTE - Coefficient of Linear Thermal Expansion
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CLTE (TMA) - Coefficient of Linear Thermal
Expansion (TMA)
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Coefficient of Linear Thermal Expansion (CLTE)
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