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Impact Strength

Impact strength is the ability of a material to withstand suddenly applied loads, expressed in terms of energy. It determines a material's toughness or resistance to high-speed loading and is affected by factors like rate of loading, temperature, orientation, and processing conditions. Common impact tests include the pendulum impact test (Charpy and Izod tests), drop weight impact test, and instrumented impact test. Specimen size and conditioning as well as test limitations must be considered when analyzing impact strength test results.

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Impact Strength

Impact strength is the ability of a material to withstand suddenly applied loads, expressed in terms of energy. It determines a material's toughness or resistance to high-speed loading and is affected by factors like rate of loading, temperature, orientation, and processing conditions. Common impact tests include the pendulum impact test (Charpy and Izod tests), drop weight impact test, and instrumented impact test. Specimen size and conditioning as well as test limitations must be considered when analyzing impact strength test results.

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Impact Strength

• Impact Strengths the capability of the material to


withstand a suddenly applied load and is expressed in
terms of energy.
• it expressed in j/m or kg cm/cm of notch.
• Its a mechanical property of any material.

Significance:
impact strength of material determines
the toughness of material it means resistance to high speed
loading
Factors affecting the impact strength

• Rate of loading
• Temperature
• Orientation
• Processing condition and types
• Degree of crystallinity , molecular
weight
Impact test for plastics can be categorized in three
major types:

1.pendulum impact test : charpy, izod ,tensile impact


test
2.Drop weight impact :

3.Instrumented impact test :


Test specimen and conditioning

For Izod test : 64.5mm × 12.7 mm × 3.2mm


For charpy test : 127mm × 12.7mm × 3.2mm

Notch : the angel of notch is 45°± 1° with a


radius of 0.25 mm.

Laboratory atmosphere is 23 ± 2°C and 50 ± 5


% RH
Izod / charpy impact test

The test was developed in


“1905” by the French scientist
Notched Izod Impact Georges Charpy. Charpy
Strength Specimen is held Impact Strength Specimen is
as a vertical cantilevered held as a simply supported
beam and is impacted on the
beam and is broken by a
side opposite the notch. This
pendulum. Impact occurs on method is no longer covered
the notched side of the under ASTM D256 but is still
specimen. reported as such.
 Equipment :
Izod impact
Charpy Impact
What we know form impact strength test :

• Shock loading characteristics of material


• Test result used for comparison of material,
manufacturing condition, material texture design
and treatment .
Factors Affecting Test Result
• Notch
• Specimen thickness
• Specimen preparation
• Temperature
• Filler and other additives
• Limitations
 References

• Handbook of Plastics Testing and Failure Analysis by

Vishu Shah
• Google books ,Google scholar
• Fundamentals of plastics testing by S.K. Nayak
• www.polymer-filler.blogspot.com

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