Table of Contents
1 COVER
4 PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION
5 PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION
6 PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
7 PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
10 1 BASIC CONCEPTS AND ADVANCEMENT IN TESTING TECHNOLOGY 1.1. BASIC CONCEPTS 1.2. SPECIFICATION AND STANDARDS 1.3. PURPOSE OF SPECIFICATIONS 1.4. BASIC SPECIFICATION FORMAT 1.5. ADVANCEMENTS IN TESTING TECHNOLOGY 1.6. NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND TRENDS IN TESTING TECHNOLOGY REFERENCES
11 2 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES 2.1. INTRODUCTION 2.2. TENSILE TESTS (ASTM D 638, ISO 527‐1) 2.3. FLEXURAL PROPERTIES (ASTM D 790, ISO 178) 2.4. COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES (ASTM D 695, ISO 604) 2.5. CREEP PROPERTIES (ISO 899‐1, ISO 899‐2, ASTM D2990, ISO 16770) 2.6. STRESS RELAXATION 2.7. IMPACT PROPERTIES 2.8. SHEAR STRENGTH (ASTM D 732) 2.9. ABRASION 2.10. FATIGUE RESISTANCE 2.11. HARDNESS TESTS REFERENCES SUGGESTED READING
12 3 THERMAL PROPERTIES 3.1. INTRODUCTION 3.2. TESTS FOR ELEVATED TEMPERATURE PERFORMANCE 3.3. THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY (ASTM C 177, ISO 8302) 3.4. THERMAL EXPANSION 3.5. BRITTLENESS TEMPERATURE (ASTM D 746, ISO 974) REFERENCES SUGGESTED READING
13 4 ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES 4.1. INTRODUCTION 4.2. DIELECTRIC STRENGTH (ASTM D 149, IEC 243‐1) 4.3. DIELECTRIC CONSTANT AND DISSIPATION FACTOR (ASTM D 150, IEC 250) 4.4. ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TESTS 4.5. ARC RESISTANCE (ASTM D 495) 4.6. UL REQUIREMENTS 4.7. EMI/RFI SHIELDING (10) REFERENCES SUGGESTED READING
14 5 WEATHERING PROPERTIES 5.1. INTRODUCTION 5.2. ACCELERATED WEATHERING TESTS 5.3. OUTDOOR WEATHERING OF PLASTICS (ASTM D 1435, ISO‐877) 5.4. RESISTANCE OF PLASTIC MATERIALS TO FUNGI (ASTM G 21) 5.5. RESISTANCE OF PLASTIC MATERIALS TO BACTERIA (ASTM G 22) 5.6. LIMITATIONS OF ACCELERATED MICROBIAL GROWTH RESISTANCE TESTING 5.7. OUTDOOR EXPOSURE TEST FOR STUDYING THE RESISTANCE OF PLASTIC MATERIALS TO FUNGI AND BACTERIA AND ITS LIMITATIONS REFERENCES SUGGESTED READING
15 6 OPTICAL PROPERTIES 6.1. INTRODUCTION 6.2. REFRACTIVE INDEX (ASTM D 542, ISO 489) 6.3. LUMINOUS TRANSMITTANCE AND HAZE (ASTM D 1003) 6.4. PHOTOELASTIC PROPERTIES 6.5. COLOR 6.6. SPECULAR GLOSS (ASTM D2457, D523) REFERENCES SUGGESTED READING
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7 MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION TESTS
7.1. INTRODUCTION
7.2. MELT INDEX TEST (ASTM D 1238, ISO 1133)
7.3. RHEOLOGY
7.4. VISCOSITY TESTS
7.5.