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ASTM C1549 – Standard Test Method for Determination of Solar Reflectance Near Ambient Temperature Using a Portable Solar Reflectometer Description: Significance and Use 5.1 The temperatures of opaque surfaces exposed to solar radiation are generally higher than the adjacent air temperatures. In the case of roofs or walls enclosing conditioned spaces, increased inward heat flows result. …
ASTM C1499 – Standard Test Method for Monotonic Equibiaxial Flexural Strength of Advanced Ceramics at Ambient Temperature Description: Significance and Use 4.1 This test method may be used for material development, material comparison, quality assurance, characterization, and design code or model verification. 4.2 Engineering applications of ceramics frequently involve biaxial tensile stresses. Generally, the resistance to equibiaxial …
ASTM C1421 – Standard Test Methods for Determination of Fracture Toughness of Advanced Ceramics at Ambient Temperature Description: Significance and Use 5.1 Fracture toughness, KIc, is a measure of the resistance to crack extension in a brittle material. These test methods may be used for material development, material comparison, quality assessment, and characterization. 5.2 The pb and the …
ASTM C1371 – Standard Test Method for Determination of Emittance of Materials Near Room Temperature Using Portable Emissometers Description: Significance and Use 5.1 Surface Emittance Testing: 5.1.1 Heat transfer from a surface by radiation transfer is reduced if the surface of a material has a low emittance. Since the controlling factor in the use of insulation is …
ASTM C1350 – Standard Test Method for Measurement of Viscosity of Glass Between Softening Point and Annealing Range (Approximately 108 Pa·s to Approximately 1013 Pa·s) by Beam Bending (Metric) Description: Significance and Use 4.1 This test method is well suited for measuring the viscosity of glasses in ranges higher than those covered by parallel plate (see Test Method C1351M) …
ASTM C1327 – Standard Test Method for Vickers Indentation Hardness of Advanced Ceramics Description: Significance and Use 5.1 For advanced ceramics, Vickers indenters are used to create indentations whose surface-projected diagonals are measured with optical microscopes. The Vickers indenter creates a square impression from which two surface-projected diagonal lengths are measured. Vickers hardness is calculated from …
ASTM C1292 – Standard Test Method for Shear Strength of Continuous Fiber-Reinforced Advanced Ceramics at Ambient Temperatures Description: Significance and Use 5.1 Continuous fiber-reinforced ceramic composites can be candidate materials for structural applications requiring high degrees of wear and corrosion resistance, and damage tolerance at high temperatures. 5.2 Shear tests provide information on the strength and deformation …
ASTM C1259 – Standard Test Method for Dynamic Young’s Modulus, Shear Modulus, and Poisson’s Ratio for Advanced Ceramics by Impulse Excitation of Vibration Description: Significance and Use 5.1 This test method may be used for material development, characterization, design data generation, and quality control purposes. 5.2 This test method is specifically appropriate for determining the modulus of …
ASTM C1161 – Standard Test Method for Flexural Strength of Advanced Ceramics at Ambient Temperature Description: Significance and Use 4.1 This test method may be used for material development, quality control, characterization, and design data generation purposes. This test method is intended to be used with ceramics whose strength is 50 MPa (~7 ksi) or greater. …
ASTM C892 – Standard Specification for High-Temperature Fiber Blanket Thermal Insulation Description: Abstract This specification covers the standard for high-temperature fiber blanket thermal insulation for use at various temperatures. The insulation should be tested and comply accordingly to physical and mechanical properties of the insulation such as apparent thermal conductivity, density, and temperature of use. …
