Material Evaluation and Characterization
The NCMS Material Testing Facility provides materials testing and characterization services to NCMS clients and affiliates. The facility currently provides characterization of raw materials and the destructive testing of intermediate and finished products. Planned expansions will expand the lab's range of capabilities and see it partner with NCMS consultants to provide comprehensive services in the field of materials science, metallography and chemical analysis.
Destructive testing
The facility operates Universal Testing Machines (UTM) that can cover the range from 1-150kN. Material preparation and testing can be performed in accordance with ASTM and ISO standards, and can also accommodate custom test methods that may be requested for research purposes. The laboratory is fully equipped and staffed to conduct a number of loading scenarios (tension, compression, bending…etc) and can provide tests at a number of different temperatures (up to 300̊ C).
In addition to UTMs, the facility also operates impact machines for the full range of materials up to 300 Joules, as well as temperature dependent results.
For applications where thermoplastics may be subject to elevated temperatures, the facility is proud to provide HDT/VICAT machines that can test plastic materials in accordance with ISO 75.
The standard test methods available at the facility include the following:
| Standard Test
| Description
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| ISO 148-1:2009
| Metallic Materials -- Charpy Pendulum Impact test
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| ISO 3738-1:1982 ISO 6508-1/ASTM E18
| Rockwell Hardness Test
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| ISO 6892-1:2009
| Metallic Materials -- Tensile testing @ room temperature
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| ISO 6892-2:2009
| Metallic Materials -- Tensile testing @ elevated temperature
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| ISO 179-1:2010
| Plastics – Charpy impact properties : Non-instrumented impact test
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| ISO 75-1
| Plastics – Determination of temperature of deflection under load
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| ISO 527-1
| Plastics – Determination of tensile properties
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| ISO 2039-1:2001
| Plastics – Determination of hardness – Part 2: Rockwell hardness
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| ISO 868:2003
| Plastics -- Determination of indentation hardness by means of a durometer (Shore hardness)
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| ISO 48:2010
| Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic -- Determination of hardness
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| ASTM D2583
| Indentation Hardness of Rigid Plastics by Means of a Barcol Impressor
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| ASTM D570
| Water Absorption of Plastics
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| ASTM D2584
| Ignition loss of Cured Reinforced Resins
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| ASTM D2290
| Apparent Hoop Tensile Strength of Plastic or Reinforced Plastic Pipe
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| ASTM D638
| Tensile Properties of Plastics
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| ASTM D2412
| Determination of External Loading Characteristics of Plastic Pipe by Parallel-Plate Loading
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| ASTM D2196
| Rheological Properties of Non-Newtonian Materials by Rotational (Brookfield type) Viscometer.
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| ASTM C1557
| Tensile Strength and Young's Modulus of Fibers
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