Handbook of Plastics Testing and Failure Analysis. Vishu Shah

      1  COVER

      2  TITLE PAGE

      3  COPYRIGHT PAGE

      4  PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION

      5  PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION

      6  PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION

      7  PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION

      8  BIOGRAPHY OF VISHU SHAH

      9  ABOUT THE COMPANION WEBSITE

      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

      16  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.