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ASTM D6110-18
Standard Test Method for Determining the Charpy Impact Resistance of Notched Specimens of PlasticsMore info
1.1 This test method is used to determine the resistance of plastics to breakage by flexural shock as indicated by the energy extracted from standardized (see Note 1) pendulum-type hammers, mounted in standardized machines, in breaking standard specimens with one pendulum swing. This test method requires specimens to be made with a milled notch (see Note 2). The notch produces a stress concentration which promotes a brittle, rather than a ductile, fracture. The results of this test method are reported in terms of energy absorbed per unit of specimen width (see Note 3).
Note 1: The machines with pendulum-type hammers have been standardized in that they must comply with certain requirements including a fixed height of hammer fall, which results in a substantially fixed velocity of the hammer at the moment of impact. Hammers of different initial energies (produced by varying their effective weights), however, are recommended for use with specimens of different impact resistance. Moreover, manufacturers of the equipment are permitted to use different lengths and constructions of pendulums with possible differences in pendulum rigidities resulting (see Section 5). Be aware that other differences in machine design do exist.
| Author | ASTM |
|---|---|
| Editor | ASTM |
| Document type | Standard |
| Format | File |
| ICS | 83.140.01 : Rubber and plastics products in general |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Replace | ASTM D6110-17 |
| Set | ASTMVOL0803 |
| Year | 2018 |
| Document history | ASTM D6110-17 |
| Country | USA |
| Keyword | ASTM 6110;ASTM D6110;ASTM D6110;10.1520/D6110-18 |