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ASTM E384 – Standard Test Method for Microindentation Hardness of Materials Description: Significance and Use 5.1 Hardness tests have been found to be very useful for materials evaluation, quality control of manufacturing processes and research and development efforts. Hardness, although empirical in nature, can be correlated to tensile strength for many metals and alloys, and is …
ASTM E289 – Standard Test Method for Linear Thermal Expansion of Rigid Solids with Interferometry Description: Significance and Use 5.1 Coefficients of linear expansion are required for design purposes and are used particularly to determine thermal stresses that can occur when a solid artifact composed of different materials may fail when it is subjected to a …
ASTM E228 – Standard Test Method for Linear Thermal Expansion of Solid Materials With a Push-Rod Dilatometer Description: Significance and Use 5.1 Coefficients of linear thermal expansion are required for design purposes and are used, for example, to determine dimensional behavior of structures subject to temperature changes, or thermal stresses that can occur and cause failure …
ASTM E132 – Standard Test Method for Poisson’s Ratio at Room Temperature Description: Significance and Use 4.1 When uniaxial force is applied to a solid, it deforms in the direction of the applied force, but also expands or contracts laterally depending on whether the force is tensile or compressive. If the solid is homogeneous and isotropic, …
ASTM E96 – Standard Test Methods for Gravimetric Determination of Water Vapor Transmission Rate of Materials Description: Significance and Use 5.1 The purpose of these tests is to obtain, by means of simple apparatus, reliable values for water vapor transfer rate through materials, expressed in suitable units. 5.2 A WVTR value obtained in one method under one …
ASTM F37 – Standard Test Methods for Sealability of Gasket Materials Description: Significance and Use 4.1 These test methods are designed to compare gasket materials under controlled conditions and to provide a precise measure of leakage rate. 4.2 These test methods are suitable for measuring leakage rates as high as 6 L/h and as low as 0.3 …
ASTM E18 – Standard Test Methods for Rockwell Hardness of Metallic Materials Description: Significance and Use 4.1 The Rockwell hardness test is an empirical indentation hardness test that can provide useful information about metallic materials. This information may correlate to tensile strength, wear resistance, ductility, and other physical characteristics of metallic materials, and may be useful …
ASTM E8 – Standard Test Methods for Tension Testing of Metallic Materials Description: Significance and Use 4.1 Tension tests provide information on the strength and ductility of materials under uniaxial tensile stresses. This information may be useful in comparisons of materials, alloy development, quality control, and design under certain circumstances. 4.2 The results of tension tests of …
ASTM D7897 – Standard Practice for Laboratory Soiling and Weathering of Roofing Materials to Simulate Effects of Natural Exposure on Solar Reflectance and Thermal Emittance Description: Significance and Use 5.1 The solar reflectance of a building envelope surface affects surface temperature and near-surface ambient air temperature. Surfaces with low solar reflectance absorb a high fraction of …
ASTM D7984 – Standard Test Method for Measurement of Thermal Effusivity of Fabrics Using a Modified Transient Plane Source (MTPS) Instrument Description: Significance and Use 5.1 This test method measures the rate of thermal transport between a heating element and a fabric specimen. Some of the comfort properties of a garment relate to initial thermal sensations …
