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Tests:

Mechanical properties:

• Determination of resistance to slow crack growth (cone test method).
• Determination of the resistance to internal pressure.
• Determination of resistance to rapid crack propagation (RCP) Small scale steady-state test (S4 test).
• Determination of resistance to slow crack propagation on notched pipes (notch test).
• Determination of tensile properties.
• Accelerated Notched Pipe test (ANPT)
• Strain-Hardening test (SHT)
• Cracked Round Bar test (CRBT)

Material properties:

• Determination of the degree of pigment or carbon black dispersion. Compression method.
• Determination of carbon black content.
• Determination of volatile content
• Determination of density of non-cellular plastics. Immersion method.
• Determination of water content.
• Determination of residual vinyl chloride monomer. Gas-chromatographic method.
• Accelerated Full Notch Creep test (AFNCT)

Physical properties

• Determination of the melt mass-flow rate (MFR) of thermoplastics.
• Determination of the oxidation induction time.
• Longitudinal reversion. Oven air method.

Dimensionals:

• Determination of dimensions

Suitability for use:

• Determination of the tensile strength and failure mode of test pieces from a butt-fused joint
• Peel decohesion test for electrofusion (DN≥90).
• Crushing decohesion test for electrofusion.