AS 1145-1989 Determination of tensile properties of plastics materials

This Standard is identical to and is reproduced from ISO 527-1:1993 Plastics— Determination of tensile properties, Part 1: General principles and ISO 527 1:1993/ Cor.1:1994.

The objective of this Standard is to provide testing agencies with a method for testing plastics to determine tensile properties.

As this Standard is reproduced from an International Standard, the following applies:

(a) Its number does not appear on each page of text and its identity is shown only on the cover and title page.

(b) In the source text ‘this International Standard’ should read ‘this Australian Standard’.

(c) A full point should be substituted for a comma when referring to a decimal marker.

(d) References to International Standards should be replaced by references to equivalent Australian or Australian/New Zealand Standards, as follows:

Reference to International Standard		Australian or Australian/New Zealand Standard
ISO/IEC 2602	Statistical interpretation of test results—Estimation of the mean confidence interval	—
ISO/IEC 5893	Rubber and plastics test equipment— tensile, flexural and compression types (constant rate of traverse)— Description	—
ISO/IEC 291	Plastics—Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing	AS / NZS 1327	Standard environments for conditioning and testing plastics materials

This Standard specifies a method for determining the tensile properties of plastics in the form of standard test specimens under defined conditions such as pre-treatment, temperature, humidity and speed of testing.

The following range of materials may be tested in accordance with this Standard:

(a) Flexible thermoplastic sheet, extrusion and moulding compounds.

(b) Rigid thermoplastic and thermosetting sheet, extrusion and moulding compounds.

(c) Rigid thermoplastic materials for injection moulding, including filled or fibre-reinforced compounds.

(d) Reinforced thermoplastic sheet.

(e) Industrial and decorative laminates with reinforcement, in the form of sheet.

(f) Thermosetting composites with reinforcement in the form of random fibres, mat, woven coarse yarn cloth, woven fine yarn cloth or woven roving.

(g) Fibre reinforced materials with unidirectional reinforcing, including prepregs.

(h) Finished products made from these materials.

 This Standard is not suitable for determining the tensile properties of plastics sheet or film, the thickness of which is less than 1 mm.

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